Word: postcarded
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When The Crimson was soliciting postcard editorials in the last weeks of the school year, I had visions of writing to Plympton St. From some exotic port. But these visions were only delusions of grandeur. Getting ready for my second year at Harvard, I knew I would have to favor fiscal prudence over extravagance. So, instead of traveling the world, I merely commute--from my home in the Bronx to Park Avenue to work as a doorman...
...beginning of the session. I'm not about to start "shaming" my students who perform poorly on a practice test, but I am beginning to understand why the student gets absolutely frustrated with himself (no girls being taught here--male chauvinism in Japan is a whole other postcard waiting to be written) when his answer should have been "their," not "there...
...whatever you do, don't forget to send Grandpa Bob a postcard...
...infamous tower, gracing every postcard sold in the Square, is indeed accessible. After a never-ending hike to the top of the tower, the intrepid visitor can behold a large whitewashed room well-equipped with lamps, a chalkboard, a table with chairs and a grand piano. With large windows on every wall, this classic chamber's panoramic view is unbeatable. Best of all, privacy is ensured because the key to the door of this beautiful retreat is given out only to one party at a time...
They would have the name of a town, Outer Maroo, but not its location, scrawled months ago on a postcard as a possible next stop. With cruelly bad luck they might find the place. The author describes an outpost of paranoia and fear festering with something more virulent than countrymen's traditional loathing for outsiders and government bureaucrats. Rumored large discoveries of opals in the surrounding geologic strata don't really explain matters because opal mining has scuffled along here for decades. Except for tankerloads of beer and gasoline, contact with the rest of Australia is largely cut off. Mail...