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...19th century novelist scarred by neglect, wrote in the hesitant manner of one who, "anxious to avoid appearing gauche or conspicuous, may sometimes be caught glancing furtively round to make sure that he is about to use the right knife and fork." Edward FitzGerald, the reclusive translator of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, waved away a dubious bowl of pudding at his wedding breakfast with the exclamation, "Ugh! Congealed bridesmaid!" Ireland is found "so melancholy, so full of the ghosts of feuds and famines, the clouds fly low, the trees sag under the incessant...
...Herd's next outing is Friday against Dartmouth, way up in New Hampshire, and the team is seeking revenge. "We want to beat them -- badly," said Fitzsimmons. "They have embarassed us for the last three years, and they like to rub our noses in it," he added...
Harvard's investment policies are profitable, but are they ethical? Therein lies the rub, or at least therein lies much of the agitation over the portfolio in recent years. While Bennett was treasurer he personally made the shareholder decisions until Bok decided in October 1972 that a Corporation subcommittee should make the decisions. Bennett seemed to think there were no ethical issues involved in stock decisions, because he never supported an anti-management statements in the trash as soon as he got them. When non-financial shareholder resolutions became more prevalent in the early '70s, Bennett's conservatism began...
...jail on parole, breaks parole, commits burglaries and awaits certain reincarceration. While one is grateful that the script does not explain Max's self-destructiveness with handwringing, Freudian sermons, Straight Time might at least have explored the existential meaning of his criminal joyrides. The movie chooses instead to rub our noses in the sad predictability of Max's life, as if sheer gloom were its own reward...
This week is also the ideal time to show up at the IAB and rub elbows with some of your favorite Crimson heroes who have just finished their winter sports seasons...