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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only way of visiting people as I don't get around much and people seldom come to see us in the country." What might have been frittered away in conversation was thus preserved, and this accident of fate leads to a startling discovery: the most memorable character that O'Connor ever got down on paper...
...performed a labor of love and an act of model scholarship. When factual information is needed, she gives it succinctly and then stands back. This record of a remarkable life is an occasion for sadness, a reminder of wisdom cut off much too soon. But the emotion that Flannery O'Connor conveyed most often was joy, and this survives intact. Once a correspondent had suggested that someone would write a life of the author. Flannery pooh-poohed the idea...
Event 13: 100-yd. Freestyle: 1. Andy Saltzman, Princeton, 45.55** 2. Malcolm Cooper, Harvard, 45.94 3. Todd Taylor, Dartmouth, 45.99 4. Alan Fine, Princeton, 46.12 5. Jack Gauthier, Harvard, 46.15 6. Andy O'Hara, Princeton, 46.32 7. Howard Nelson, Princeton, 46.40 8. Julian Mack, Harvard...
Event 18: 400-yd. Freestyle Relay: 1. Princeton (Saltzman 45.48, Fine 45.51, O'Hara 44.89, Nelson 45.35), 3:01.23** 2. Harvard, (Mack 46.45, Cooper 46.06, Gauthier 45.52, Coglin 45.82), 3:03.90 3. Navy, 3:05.19 4. Fordham, 3:05.22 5. (tie) Dartmouth and Columbia, 3:07.56 7. Army, 3:07.66 8. Yale...
Besides securing the endowment against inflation, the fund drive will help combat an overall decline in the real value of the average faculty income. "One long-range question is whether we're going to be able to attract the same quality of faculty," Thomas O'Brien, vice president for financial affairs, says...