Word: odd
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...COULD RUN, but I could not hide. That evening, I staggered into the required meeting with Proctor Chuck, a nervous, wide-eyed moron whose insensitivity and comprehensive ignorance of Harvard perfectly suited him--in the eyes of the Freshman Dean's Office--to guide 30-odd freshmen through the year. Chuck welcomed us in his high, overeager voice and then, with the preface, "I thought you'd like to know something about yourselves," began to read each anonymous person's high school rank and SAT scores from computer printouts. We all stared at each other uncomfortably, trying to figure...
...Canadian Club: the official organization for the 70-odd citizens from north of here. They try to keep in touch with Ottawa politics through occasional dinners and meetings. They also throw big parties...
...third world war" scenario. Nuclear deterrence is a distasteful and outmoded phrase to General Sir John. In his rush to prove that "flexible response" makes a 1980s European land war a possibility, he conveniently forgets that this policy evolved to meet Soviet threats, real or perceived, in odd corners of the world. Places like Vietnam, not West Germany. European strategic thought should still be based firmly on the existence of nuclear stockpiles on both sides. If Hackett represents a style of thought fashionable among NATO military leaders, it's time they received some re-education in the realities...
...only trouble is that the thunder sheets and other off-stage sound effects are so loud throughout that the sixty-odd lines of text are almost wholly unintelligible. It would be wiser to use a much lower decibel setting, with a final crescendo at the actual foundering...
...patient in her native New Zealand and an artist whose originality and stunning gifts have secured a small loyal audience. An antipodean J.D. Salinger, she avoids interviews, and has even been known to flee a face-to-face meeting with her own publisher. In ad dition she has the odd distinction of having written under her real name while living as Janet Clutha, a name taken from New Zealand's Clutha River...