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Such formal prose does not entirely squelch the sort of tomfooleries that Pynchon devotees so eagerly search out. When, for example, Mason takes offense at a remark by his partner, Dixon asks, "Tell me, what'd I say?" The anachronistic allusion to Ray Charles' future rock hit will tickle the cognoscenti. The book teems with other familiar Pynchonesque diversions: a talking dog that appears near the beginning and again near the end of the story; a four-ton cheese called "The Octuple Gloucester"; a journey by Mason to the inhabited center of the earth; cameo appearances by a number...
...close-range gunfire after police unleashed a pack of tracking hounds near a campsite less than a mile from the Republic of Texas trailer. Fearing possible booby traps after police discovered more than 60 pipe bombs and 12 gasoline cans in the area, authorities until Monday had conducted their search for the two men primarily by helicopter. Meanwhile, Richard McLaren was formally charged with conspiracy, mail fraud and bank fraud. He faces a maximum of 725 years in prison and $24.25 million in fines for paying bills with over $1.8 billion in bogus Republic of Texas financial documents. McLaren...
...parents, nor about the night their daughter died. The conference came one day after the couple finally submitted to separate police interrogations. The Ramseys had heaped suspicion upon themselves by refusing to agree to formal interviews with police and by their seeming refusal to offer much help in the search for the killer. After police turned up the heat in April by telling reporters that the murder probe was now focusing on the parents, John and Patsy Ramsey finally agreed to be questioned. Mrs. Ramsey was interrogated for six hours and Mr. Ramsey for two hours Wednesday. Incredibly, the parents...
Absolutely. Rudenstine has outlined the essential pieces of effecting meaningful change, but surprisingly few of these steps have been taken. For example, while the Associate Dean of Affirmative Action "reviews follow-up reports on the outcomes of each search," department heads have to do more prior to each search. Another example is that while a new endowment has been given to promote women's issues, a day-care center at the Law School is about to close. As Schmertzler said, "Harvard has proposed solutions to this problem; they just haven't done them.... Words are cheap...
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