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Daniel E. Markel hushed the crowd with a recitation of John Updike's "Celery," and Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night." Musical selections ranged from a mellow Bob Dylan rendition to an upbeat Matthews Hall quartet featuring harmonica and guitar...
...Monnet, a Cognac salesman who went on to become the architect of the Common Market, mused about his dream for a United States of Europe. He thought back to his birthplace in this brandy-making town of Southwest France, where the grapes ripen slowly in the September sun, then mellow for decades in oaken barrels beneath the limestone distilleries. "The great thing about making cognac," he said, "is that it teaches you above all to wait. Man proposes, but time and God and the seasons have to be on your side...
...York City, Too Ugly for L.A., the title cut from his potent new album of barroom sermons. Yet the Last Outlaw of country music will get along somehow. His voice, after four decades of late nights and one-nights, has the moral authority of a man who's found mellow wisdom on hard roads. He tells us, in The Hank Williams Syndrome Is Dead, that it's better to trust an artist's songs than to imitate his misspent life. In Didn't We Shine? he administers balm to all lost loves: "But I've long ago forgiven...
Some proctees are, indeed, mellow about the prospects, says Milan G. Chheda '93. But a few are intense. "They're so serious about it, it's kind of hard to laugh at it," he says. "It's scary...
Another former colleague, Oberlin English professor Robert M. Longsworth, shares the assessment. "He's very mellow, very laid back in his personal relationships," Longsworth says. "He listens very, very well. He's got a real knack for hearing and making sure he understands...