Word: rankness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...death. Now, six years after his death, Matthew J. Bruccoli, professor of English at the University of South Carolina, offers a reassessment of the controversial author's work. In a critical biography called The O'Hara Concern (Random House, 417 pp., $15.00), Bruccoli argues that O'Hara must rank as one of America's best novelists and our greatest writer of short stories. In a final chapter, Bruccoli details his reasons. He lists what he considers O'Hara's strongpoints: the "American-ness" of O'Hara's fiction; his ability to create memorable characters; his mastery of dialogue; moral basis...
Crosslin attributed Wallace's strong showing to "concerned people, rank-and-file union members." He said he expects Wallace to do "extremely well" in next week's Florida primary...
...Will the unions, now split between Jackson and Bayh, get out the vote and curtail rank-and-file defections to Wallace...
CHUL will recommend that all Quad Houses remain four-year Houses in contrast to the three-year River Houses, and that the present system of choice be retained. This year, freshmen will once again rank the 12 Houses in order of preference and then anxiously await the out-come of a random assignment process that grants most roommate groups their first choice but inevitably bestows upon some their eleventh or twelfth choice...
Harvard's two top racquetmen returned to Princeton this weekend for the 7th Annual Princeton Invitational Indoor Tournament to defend the Crimson's top rank in the fall ECACs. Princeton dominated the tournament, taking the trophies in both singles and doubles...