Word: reed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Fenders of Justice. In Medina, Ohio. Truck Driver Charles Reed rounded a corner, collided with a deputy sheriff's parked car, which collided with a judge's car, which collided with a highway patrol car, but went scot-free because the sheriff's car was illegally parked too near the intersection...
...this training in writing, Reed was to study under two of the great names in Harvard history--Charles T. Copeland, known as "Copey," and George P. Baker, known for his "47 Workshop." In addition, Reed studied literature with such giants as George L. Kittridge, and Bliss Perry...
Although he later would be quoting Marxist dogma to lecture halls throughout the country, at college Reed took only one course in the social sciences--that in medieval history...
Copeland, after Reed had become famous, said that he was "a brilliant character. His prose was lively, and his poetry adventurous...
However much the swaggering Reed may have impressed Copeland, his poetry is only an expression of a somewhat sentimental and romantic college youth, with no lasting literary merit. His college prose was somewhat better, and several of his Lampoon articles showed a keen sense of satire. His short stories in the Harvard Monthly