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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chap who put an eye patch on the Hathaway shirt man and made Commander Whitehead a household beard consistently heeds the advice he has dispensed for decades. In the Confessions he warned never to be boring, and to repeat that previous campaign-the earlier book was intended to drum up business, and did-would thus be a sin. Blood, Brains and Beer also adheres to other cardinal principles of admaking: the straight story, smoothly told, sells stuff best; it is wrong to lie, but feel free to omit; humor should not be overdone (it is a bit too scarce...
Sullivan also bettered his winning effort over last week's contest. He leaped 6 ft. 10 in. to take first in the high jump. Geoff Stiles, however, failed to repeat his G B C victory in the pole vault, missing at the opening height...
...writing that can survive such pas sages deserves attention. Those who keep hoping that McHale.will return to the exuberant comedy and middle-class Catholic characters of his first two novels, Principato and Farragan's Retreat, will again be disappointed. McHale seems stubbornly determined not to repeat ear lier successes. In that respect, at least, The Lady from Boston succeeds. The novel will vex those who expect their reading matter to carry the freight of coherent meaning. Those who do not mind the voyeuristic experience of being interested but not concerned will find it a lot easier to take McHale...
...that moth-eaten room of the old Ruffner Hotel, went over and fixed himself a salami sandwich from the table of things he had personally bought for the victory celebration. He began right then to climb out of defeat back to his sunny pinnacle, a journey that he would repeat and repeat...
Confusion concerning the time limitation on the petition resulted in expiration of the request in December, so the residents must repeat their efforts to restrict Harvard's building space...