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...arrival, a week earlier, of their unprepossessing son Bobby and the stranger he introduces as his new wife. Audrey wonders whether Lydia, nee Di Salvo, the daughter of a prosperous private trash collector, will be able to live up to the lofty standards of manners and deportment that prevail in the Graves family. Still, the weather is sunny and warm enough to soothe implicit tensions. And everyone is looking forward to another marvelous breakfast prepared by the houseguest of the past week, Chuck Burgoyne...
...Crimson recorded its first goal of the second half with 3:59 remaining in the game, and went on to prevail, 10-5. But the harrowing image of its third period futility lingered...
Wednesday, 15--In response to concern among graduating seniors that the market's sustained downturn since Black Monday and deteriorating economic indicators will keep Wall Street firms from hiring in large numbers, President Bok issues an emergency Open Letter. "Somehow, Harvard men and women always manage to prevail," Bok writes. "Our alums at all the major brokerage houses tell me that their organizations will be able to find jobs for recipients of Harvard's great liberal arts education...
...rather than with the demands of certain senators and representatives. And Congress could fill a gap in our foreign policy-making that over the long run would prevent crises in Panama and El Salvador from arising in the first place. When America moves in the international arena, unity must prevail so that our determination and purpose will not be questioned by our adversaries or by those we try to help...
...found it difficult to recognize the Faculty, in any setting, acting as a body. What seems to prevail is a state of segregation: of senior ranks from junior; of junior ranks from the tutorial corps; and of department from department (this last despite the coincidence of activity in strong programs such as History and Literature...