Word: poirier
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...meet's only double winner, as he competed successfully in the freestyle at both 500 and 1000 yards. Powrie was second to Graham in the 1000 and was also runner-up in the 200-yard breaststroke behind Navy's Glen Stockdale. In the 200-yard individual medley, Poirier broke the Columbia pool record with a time...
...Walrus is ambiguous enough to keep you wondering how serious the Beatles really are. Richard Poirier, the reigning Beatles explicateur, said last month in the Partisan Review that "the Beatles' most talented member, John Lennon, has written two books of Joycean verbal play that suggest why no one is ever in danger of reading too much into the lyrics of their songs." So don't sell the allusions short...
August 16: Richard Poirier, editor and critic, who will speak on "The Environment of American Literature...
According to a reliable source, Poirier's appointment is the first step of a concerted effort to revitalize the Rutgers English Department. Reached by telephone, Poirier commented that he will be responsible for reorganizing the Department, "in part by the appointment of various people in the major fields who would teach on both the graduate and undergraduate level...
During his sabbatical, Poirier has been writing a book on the relationship of English and American literature...