Word: paragraphs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...That paragraph stands in the novel a propos of nothing else at all. The two characters appear here for the first time and never appear again--the event passes as quickly as it came. There are hundreds of such vignettes in the book, glimpsed actions, characters scurrying in and out of focus. Pynchon has no great interest in making these fragments cohere; his method is rather to take the loose ends of story and unravel them altogether...
Finally, the last paragraph seems to imply that the number of people returning to the Radcliffe Houses is small. This number is larger than last year by a wide margin and represents a commitment by over 40 per cent of the Quad freshmen to return to the Quad with its atmosphere and distinctive life style, despite the temptation of far larger accommodations in the Harvard Houses, which seems to represent a strong display of support for the Radcliffe Houses. The North House Committee
...believed that if the probe exists, it occupies one of the Lagrange or "moon equilateral" points in the orbit of the moon. It therefore would circle the earth ahead of the moon or behind it, but would not circle the moon itself, as indicated in your first paragraph...
...only flaw in an otherwise perceptive, well-written editorial entitled "Defeating Doctors" (Feb. 21) is the paragraph down-grading the importance of organic chemistry and other introductory science courses in producing competent practising physicians. From my brief experience in medical school, I must admit that Harvard's notorious organic chemistry course helped me understand some of the mechanisms and basic principles of biochemistry. Biochemistry, in turn, is important because medical science is exploring with increasing success the processes of life and of disease on a molecular level. To know what lab tests to order, how to interpret their results...
Likewise, this paragraph from a Crimson editorial responding to the Caldwell decision last summer still holds true: "Certainly members of the press do not constitute any elite class which should be granted special privileges before the Constitution. But the function of a free press, as outlined in the Constitution, demands that the privilege of confidentiality be bestowed the press and its functionaries, reporters. It is a right of profession: just as, in most states, a priest does not have to breach the contract of confession, and a lawyer is protected in discussions with a client accused of a felony...