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...finest French silk, spun by the larvae only the most aristocratic of silkworms, could speak, it would sound like Lauren Bacall. Affixed to a body that, in the '70s and '80s, has become the grist for more than a few older woman fantasies, that voice could fill a theater with a dramatic reading of the Globe classifieds. And that, alas, seems to be the theory behind Woman of the Year...
...wrong, as the story he appears in proves. Bowen consistently found language for feelings that might otherwise have simply seemed preposterous. She worked artfully to make her work appear unlabored. An apt, if unintended, description of her achievement appears in Ivy Gripped the Steps, one of her finest stories. A young boy visits a seaside resort and marvels at the glittering life he sees...
...powers-that-be with his cool handling of this miniature crisis. He showed up to drink coffee and chat with the self-styled rebels. He assured them he would consider their demands very carefully. They went home. The Law School escaped turmoil, and Bok became known as Harvard's finest crisis manager...
Bain's point was borne out last weekend in New York when the Crimson's finest, freshman Brad Desaulniers, met Tiger ace John Nimick in a tournament at the Harvard Club. Nimick narrowly won the match in the fifth game which Fish said "easily could have gone either...
During his first three seasons, Seelen proved himself one of the finest backstrokers in the history of Harvard swimming, closing out each season with an appearance at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships. Last year, while earning his third consecutive trip to that showcase of college swimming, he turned out a 52.02 100-yd. backstroke to capture the Eastern Seaboard Championship race by a full body length...