Word: fox
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...private geneaologist discovers that Dean of the College John B. Fox Jr. '59, Economics Professor John Kenneth Galbraith, and Los Angeles Laker star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are, in fact, distant relatives. "No one ever believed me when I said I have a great fade away jumper, and now they will," says an elated Galbraith. "We are all Keynestans now," intones the 6-foot, 9-inch Fox, tossing the College's 1983 budget into the wastebasket...
...regular Administrative Board session is cancelled when Dean Fox fails to show up. "He was off practicing his jump shot," explains secretary Marilyn Nelson...
Fleet Street erupts as Prince Andrew and Washington stripper Fanne Fox depart together for a remote cassle in Bermuda. "It's entirely innocent," the prince protests upon his return...
...week the board signaled its intent to withhold funds from local groups that it deemed too "activist," and next year it is likely to attempt to block legal services lawyers from filing class-action suits. Joseph Rauh, longtime civil rights lawyer, calls Reagan's appointments "the most disgusting fox-in-the-chicken-coop maneuver I've ever seen...
...fox as pure villain is on display in Doctor De Soto (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $11.95). William Steig is a septuagenarian whose stories seem to grow younger with every effort. In his newest book, he follows the adventures of an altruistic mouse dentist, Dr. De Soto, who accepts a highly dangerous and extremely toothy patient. The fox, acting timid, tries to outmouse Dr. De Soto. But the rodent soon outfoxes the patient by employing a bit of orthodontia. The heroics should reassure anyone due for a six-month checkup or a set of braces...