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...joys of the New England autum. The stentorian monotone of a spectacles professor rings in your ears, and to escape its ghastly sound you head for the nearest refuge, a bar like Charlie's Kitchen, or perhaps the Ha' Penny. Here, back in a dark corner, you can sip your bourbon in peace, watching other hapless souls with different but no less weighty problems...
...anomalies of war. One Turkish plane hit a Nicosia mental hospital, killing at least 20 patients and throwing the rest into a panic. One small boy rolled on the ground in hysteria and chewed pieces of broken glass. Greek Cypriots defending Nicosia periodically popped into available apartments to sip soda and listen to radio reports of how they were doing. But strangest and saddest of all was that the first battle between Greeks and Turks in seven years had been touched off by bitter animosity between Greek and Greek. The root of the war was enmity between the tall bearded...
Nothing is more pleasurable than to sit in the shade, sip gin and contemplate other people's adulteries. While the wormy apple of marriage still lives, the novel will not die. And sure enough, in this summer-weight comedy of hanky-panky in a university town, the apple is a little mushy, but worm and novel are in the best of health...
After pausing to sip his drink, Al added, "I wish Harvard could learn to leave things alone. But they keep expanding and driving up rents. It's getting so that kids who have lived here all their lives have to move out of Cambridge when they get married...
...going to go to Harvard when he grows up. When Billy heard about my kid, he said there'd be no problem getting him accepted," Al beamed. He took another sip from his drink...