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...disappointing loss," sophomore setter and outside hitter Lolita Lopez said, "but we are now looking to finish the season with strong showings in our upcoming tournaments...
Sensuality is an underappreciated quality in Nabokov's writing, and with good reason. Sinfully rich novels like The Gift, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Pale Fire and even that great American road novel Lolita are cleverly defended against casual entry. Nabokov's short fictions, on the other hand, are thresholds to his themes and some of the most nape-tingling prose and devilish inventions in 20th century letters. So better late than never, The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov (Knopf; 659 pages; $35) is a welcome edition to the shelves of old admirers and a chance for entry-level fans...
...Until Lolita ("light of my life, fire of my loins") scorched the best-seller list in 1955, Nabokov was a popular instructor of literature at Cornell, a productive but obscure author of exotic fiction and chess problems, and an even lesser known authority on butterflies. His genius for transforming sensory impressions into language may always remain elusive, but his descriptive powers owe much to training in natural science...
...evident from the onset that Columbia (6-11, 0-4) was in for a long night, or actually a pretty quick one. Harvard jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first game behind the intensity of sophomore Lolita Lopez and freshman setter Kate Nash. They never looked back, taking game one 15-2 and engulfing the Lions in a Crimson wave from which they would not escape...
...Crimson which they passed splendidly. Finding themselves behind 10-8, Harvard battled back with the attitude of a true champion, scoring the final seven points of the game for a 15-10 victory and a 2-0 lead in the match. The Crimson's focus was highlighted by Lolita Lopez (six k., three digs) on game point as she made an impossible dig to her left to keep the ball alive for the eventual...