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...couple whose fortunes are tied to the railroads. Their house outside Sweetwater-one of the many fictional names Cather gave to her own town of Red Cloud-is known "from Omaha to Denver for its hospitality and for a certain charm of atmosphere." Neil is enchanted by young Marian Forrester. She wears the only earrings he has ever seen, allows herself a little wit and more than a little sherry...
They desert her when she is aging and broke. That should probably be the end of the tale, but a coda finds Marian dying comfortably in Buenos Aires as the wife of a rich Englishman. It is a disastrous touch, the kind of thing that makes it hard, in the end, to take Cather seriously. Almost all her books drag on beyond their natural terminus, sometimes with two or three more stops. There is always some sentimental beneficence still to be dispensed, or worse, a moral toll to be exacted...
...have it sink again, but he is still an alternative for those weary of Johnny Carson. Although some nights of the comedy week were mind-numbing in their amateurishness, others, like those given over to a humorous look at the news, with such performers as Mort Sahl and Marian Mercer, were as funny as the early Laugh...
...junior varsity squad is composed of Sally Lee, Sue Handy, Marian Childs, Jenny Whitman, and Liz Durfee. They also see action in ten-women varsity matches and provide the 'Cliffe with the depth needed to compete in tournament play...
...even if the team that he quarterbacks a loser tomorrow, he'll still have consolation in the fact that Otolski and Marian are still rolling back in the Bend. They finished 9-1 this year and fourth in the State. Their only less was to St. Joseph's High of South Bend...