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St.-John Perse (Seamarks) was born on an islet off Guadeloupe. Edgar Mittelholzer (Shadows Move Among Them) came from British Guiana. V. S. Naipaul (A House for Mr. Biswas) grew up in Trinidad. George Lamming (In the Castle of My Skin) is a Barbadian. In the last generation, a torrent...
Sir: A thousand thanks for the insightful, inspiring story on Bill Don Moyers, "The Young Man Next to the President" [Oct. 29]. He is a symbol of a rising and brilliant generation of young people. In my long years of lecturing and teaching, I have urged parents to save their...
Many of those comments-perhaps the majority-have been written by graders who are all too aware that they will never be obliged to meet the gradees. Often, they permit themselves in their comments a sloppiness and rashness that would be unacceptable if it appeared in the thesis itself, or...
Schwartz's often epigramatic script is imaginative, humorous, and insightful. At times it is almost musical in construct, with choral effects and the use of repeated images or words to introduce recurrent themes and to identify characters. But it is almost too complex and episodic for coherent drama.
Among these, the Bureau of Study Counsel stands closest to the central task of getting an education. Each year the Bureau serves nearly a thousand undergraduates by teaching seped reading and mathematics refresher courses, and by providing tutors and counselors. In addition, the Bureau refers some students to other appropriate...