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...Academics: An Essay on Universities and the Scientific Revolution and Sir WiLliam Cecil Dampier's History of Science. And the Bible. And Fowler's Modern English Usage. Also Spengler's Decline of the West, Henry Adams' The Education of Henry Adams and Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres and Frazer's Golden Bough. And George Meredith's works, especially his Essay on Comedy. And H.G. Wells' Time Machine and The Outline of History and any good history of the U.S. And Cardinal
...talk when you can paint?" It is not wholly a surprise that his family nickname was "Bunny." Avery's one apparent act of vanity was changing his birth date from 1885 to 1893, so that he would not seem an old fogy to the young art student, Sally Michel, whom he met in a rooming house in Gloucester, Mass., in 1924, courted and married. He was a man of ab solute dedication and conviction, a painter who did almost nothing but paint; the result was an enormous oeuvre, usually a painting a day until heart trouble slowed him down...
...Thursday, when the House was scheduled to vote, Reagan called Minority Leader Robert Michel of Illinois and promised to support the $211 million jobs program for the elderly in a future bill. Administration lobbyists also passed the word that the President would not fight for his extra $2 billion in defense funds in a subsequent measure. With those pledges, however, Reagan undercut his argument for vetoing the measure in the first place. "Why this charade?" asked Democrat Leon Panetta of California. "Why go through this process...
...Bossert expressed concern over security problems posed by the work, which will continue in the basements through December. Harvard police apprehended a roof construction worker earlier this summer while the employee was allegedly attempting to rob the residence of pre-med tutor James L. Michel, Bossert said...
...silken rustle, like a grande dame rising from table, the V.S.O.E. slips away at precisely 5:44 p.m. All the food loaded on at Boulogne is French, save for the croissants, which are delivered hot at dawn in Lausanne, Switzerland, and are sadly soggy. The chef on board is Michel Ranvier, a graduate of the renowned Paris restaurant Jamin; he was approved by Sherwood, who is the author of an excellent gourmet guide to London. The train's general manager is Claude Ginella, formerly with the Savoy in Rome and the Meurice in Paris...