Word: pasting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tail") that could easily be howlers pass by with the equilibrium of logic and consistency. Method triumphs over madness. In alternating sections, Al reminisces aloud, as much to pass the time as to get through to his apparently oblivious friend, and then Birdy in turn thinks about his past. These two sets of memories are vectors to the present. The personalities of the two men dovetail: Al is profane, athletic, gregarious; Birdy is decorous, wispy and fixated on a world that is real but more acutely visible to him than others. "One hundred billion birds," he muses, "fifty for every...
...book reviewer, though stuck with palpable volumes of the moment, is happiest when proclaiming how posterity will treat a work. The food critic verily feeds on the unreliable assumption that a future meal, whether in a restaurant or out of a recipe, will be as palatable as the past one. Political writers share such a weakness for looking ahead that they often settle the forthcoming presidential election well before they have understood the last. Moreover, those who are both writers and political creatures often prophesy with a purpose. Thus, anti-Carter Columnist William Safire last week ventured, in living choler...
...Past Rejections...
Peter McLoughlin '79, co-chairman of the selection committee, said yesterday that Trudeau has been among the celebrities to turn down the offer in past years. "There's no money offered for the job, and sometimes it just comes down to being able to get a speaker because someone at Harvard knows them," he said...
...undefeated women's fencing team slashed past an inexperienced Dartmouth squad to a 10-6 victory Saturday...