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Wolfe's main conceit is that the upper classes are especially vulnerable to prejudicial treatment if they lose their insulation. Sherman McCoy of Park Avenue and Southampton, the leading bond salesman at Pierce & Pierce, learns this harsh lesson when he is arrested for hit-and-run driving and plummets from...
In addition to appearing personally and havingdifferent advocates, both students gave the AdBoard more thorough statements about the case, thesources said. While the two students had turned ina joint one-page statement for their firsthearing, Shustorovich's second statement was 10pages long and Pierce's second statement was fourpages.
The cases of Shustorovich and Pierce stem froma party the pair threw in their room on October 9.
On the night of the party, the studentscomplied with a first request to turn their musicdown, but when McGee asked the students to turnthe music off around 2 a.m., Pierce argued thatCollege rules allowed him to keep the music on ata low level. When the argument grew heated, McGeeconfiscated Pierce...
While the tutor was out of the room, thepoliceman arrived and got into a shouting matchwith Shustorovich. Rak returned, and the policemanleft but took down both Shustorovich and Pierce'sbursar's card numbers before departing.