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...McMurtry's wry 1966 novel The Last Picture Show. Since then he has made a fair-size bundle in the oil business, but aerobic spending and the collapse of crude prices have left him ear-deep in debt, and sinking. He doesn't much care. He and his wife Karla are both good-looking and healthy in their 40s, but he isn't aroused by her, even to sexual antagonism. Their recent marital enterprise has been what economists call, approvingly, consumer activity: building a mansion that Duane hates, filling it with trendy furniture and appliances, and one day, more than...
News Editor for this Issue: Kristin A. Goss '87 Night Editors: Steven L. Lichtman '88 Joseph Menn '87-'88 John N. Rosenthal '87 City/State Editor: Joseph Menn '87-'88 Editorial Editor: Nicholas S. Wurf '87 Sports Editor: Nicholas S. Wurf '87 Photo Editor: Fred J. Nager '89 Business Editor: Karla L. Martin '87 Delila Weinman...
...Brent J. Martin '87 of Winthrop House and Fairmont, West Virginia, Business Manager; Dahlia Weinman '87 of Mather House and Brooklyn, New York, Business Manager; John P. Siracuse '87 of Leverett House and Everett, Massachusetts, Advertising Manager; Judith B. Jackson '87 of Quincy House and Chicago, Illinois, Credit Manager; Karla L. Martin '87 of Leverett House and Detroit, Michigan, Production Manager; Mark N. Diker '88 of North House and New York, New York, Associate Advertising Manager; Betsy Kramer '87 of Quincy House and New York, New York, Special Publications Manager; Jane A. Stackpole '88 of Winthrop House and Elizabeth...
...Siegel, Yale Forward Jenny Graap, Cornell Sue McCarter, Princeton Midfield Ellen Grant, Cornell Terry Fortin, Dartmouth Midfield Kari Briggs, Princeton Lauren Becker, Brown Midfield Patty Kennedy, Penn Midfield Gia Barresi, Harvard Bambi Taylor, Harvard Back Anne Alberino, Brown Linda Giulani, Penn Back Colleen Carbery, Yale Karen Konigsberg, Princeton Back Karla Griffin, Cornell Beth Finney, Princeton Back Sophia Stavru, Penn Mirna Goldberger, Princeton Back Nada Sellers, Yale Goalie Nancy Meisinger, Penn...
...recognized as the real thing. The bookish, perpetually cuckolded George Smiley is not a hero because he champions Western civilization; rather, he is the melancholy rationalist, penetrating the ingenuity of other people's deceit. He is more honest, and braver in his honesty, than his colleagues. Yes, he fights Karla, his Soviet counterpart, but Smiley also does battle against the corruption of his own organization and society...