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...given the cost of constructing a new, real student center, a donation to the cause would be a symbolic step that would certainly get the attention of Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, who has voiced support for constructing a "College Hall" on the site of the old squash courts behind Adams House...
Right now, The Wrap, BankBoston and the Tennis and Squash Shop occupy space on HSA's first floor, but expanding the company's offices into that space would sacrifice significant revenue that the stores and the bank pay in rent...
...lull between the completion of his novel, which he was still tinkering with in late summer, and all the publication hubbub to follow, Wolfe finds himself with the unaccustomed luxury of free time on his hands. He has filled some of it by accompanying his son Tommy, an accomplished squash player, to tournaments along the East Coast. "I used to play with him," Wolfe says of the son who is 55 years younger, "until I noticed him setting up shots for me. In aging athletes, the legs go first...
Wolfe was a baseball pitcher for his team at Washington and Lee University and says if he had been good enough to reach the major leagues, he would probably never have become a writer. But except for squash, he has been content to remain a spectator of sports ever since. "I never played golf or tennis, and the money I didn't waste on those pursuits I wasted on clothes." He says he owns "30 or 40 suits, I guess" and rewards himself for a good day's work by visiting his tailor to discuss new possibilities. "When...
Food ranged from oxtails, curried goat, and pumpkin butternut squash soup to the more traditional bratwurst and strudel. Pizza and sausage vendors were also on hand to appease more American tastes...