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...explain. His conceit is to posit that Maimas and the Recording Angel have guided Cornish through his life in an effort to make him great. So when Cornish's nephew calls upon them in jest, they appear (not to the nephew of course, only to the reader) to tell the tale. Why does Davies do this? Well, it's kind of clever and amusing at first. And the use of these two characters could be forgiven if they weren't used in such an amateurish way. Throughout the novel they interrupt every once in a while to explain the most...
This Week's Impossible To Get Trivia Question: Which current cager is the nephew of reggae star Dennis Brown? Answer below...
That maxim may hearten Ted Kennedy, 53, who is once again casting an eye at another seat with special meaning for the family: the one in the Oval Office. The uncle's ambition could affect the nephew. If Edward Kennedy runs for President in 1988, he will vacate the Senate seat he has held for 23 years, possibly making room for another Bay State Kennedy. Voters in the politically savvy Eighth District, which includes Harvard University and M.I.T., may not want to elect a novice who might start campaigning for higher office within the year. They have grown accustomed...
DIED. Marion Tanner, ninetyish, quirky, colorful, real-life model for the heroine of the Broadway musical Mame, which was based on the 1955 novel Auntie Mame, written by her nephew Edward Everett Tanner III under the pen name Patrick Dennis; of pneumonia precipitated by a stroke; in a New York City nursing home. For more than three decades she ran a salon for struggling artists, writers, self-styled radicals and, later, drifters. In 1964, unable to meet mortgage payments, she was evicted from her house, prompting a deputy sheriff on the case to remark, "She is an amazing woman...
What do Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54, Professor of Government Martin L. Kilson, George Bush's nephew, and Ted Hennessey '88 all have in common? They've all bought tuxedos at Keezer's, which, says its owner, supplies "fine-quality traditional men's clothing, new and used, always a bargain...