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Died. Vladimir Nabokov, 78, Russian-born novelist (Lolita, Ada, Pale Fire) who was a master of style and elegant artifice; after a long illness; in Montreux, Switzerland (see BOOKS...
...character sketches and crisp vignettes. His prose is clear and judiciously cool, though his attempts to pump drama into drawing-room confrontations may lead to such awkwardness as "But Ivy's words were still written like the smoke letters of an airplane announcing a public event across the pale sky of Clara's calm...
...quiet, tree-lined Cambridge street in a turquoise-grey house with a white front porch, an 11-member commune. Luscomb opens the door to visitors, a smiling grandmotherly figure wearing baggy black cords, a cream silk blouse and turquoise-and-silver jewelry. She peers rather hesitantly through clear pale-pink-rimmed spectacles but she moves quickly and lightly, even on a summery afternoon when the heat seems to slow every movement...
Tugged by his dogs, Chapman tried to dodge the blackberry bushes and oak and hickory trees revealed in the pale light of the lamp on his miner's helmet. The desperate Ray headed uphill, past a gravel road used for hauling coal. Chapman could hear him crashing through the bush. For a man who had been on the run for more than two days, Ray showed remarkable endurance. All the hours he had spent in the prison yard playing volleyball to develop his legs and lungs were paying off-for a while...
These later two issues pale somewhat compared to the other objections, but they are mentioned for two reasons. They highlight the fact that the appointment in every respect and in every sense is improper and ill considered. Secondly, the procedures established are important because they represent one of the few concessions to democracy in the university, which allows student and faculty input into the appointments process. In short they are tools in our struggle to open up the university. It is clear from the Kissinger appointment that the concerns of the university administration are not for a free and open...