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There was no official confirmation of the list from Elder or any other administrators last night...
Today, Nabokov is a distant and revered personage safe in Switzerland; his judgments and comments are no less candid than ever. Along with a great many writers (see box p. 82), the informal list of his jocular pet hates includes such things as: progressive education; "serious" writers; confessions in the Dostoevskian manner; book reviewers, most of whom, Nabokov contends, "move their lips when reading"; people who say "excuse me" when they belch. Clearly, in an age practiced in the smooth piety of mock humility and slackly trained to believe that sincerity is an excuse for nearly everything, the public Nabokov...
General Motors again led the list, followed in the top ten by Standard Oil (N.J.), Ford, General Electric, Chrysler, IBM, Mobil Oil, Texaco, Gulf Oil and U.S. Steel. Collectively, the top ten increased earnings by 21%, or double the rate of the other 490 companies...
...CRIMSON. This difficulty arises from lack of space and, especially, a scarcity of people to do the writing. The erstwhile Mr. Sherman, consternated by the situation, sent the CRIMSON a scathing letter in the fall. In replay to a subsequent request by this newspaper, he sent us a list of athletic secretaries, double-spaced, to facilitate communication with these valuable sources of information. I imagine we regret the fact that after that we were still unable to increase coverage...
...purpose of these letters, which list specific charges against each student, is to provide an opportunity for appeal, Heimert said...