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...taught Rabelais with a few good Pantagruelists, am on the verge of teaching film with a larger student body, and things cartographic and Baroque with a scattered few. If the students of film become what Susan Sontag and Jean-Luc Godard call passionate cinephiles, they will be no less stalwart, no less engaged, and no less given over to the endless pleasure and thrill of what, at Boylston Hall, is now extending outward, in new directions and about all continents, through the practice and invention of Romance Studies...

Author: By Thomas C. Conley, | Title: From the 'U' to the 'H' | 9/20/1996 | See Source »

Proud came my chieftains-- the stalwart Gore, the tiny Reich, wealth-sated Rubin--and took their seats around the counsel table-- Heavy-laden with soft drinks and those butter cookies the White House kitchen does so well-- that we might implore the all-knowing seer Dick Morris to divine for us what sacrifice--of cattle, oxen or welfare babies-- Might best propitiate the god of polls and focus groups, lighthearted Hermes, ruler of nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JANE AUSTEN, ANSWER YOUR BEEPER | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

Kerry successfully painted himself as a stalwart defender of social programs in areas such as education, welfare and the environment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kerry, Weld Hold Their Third Debate | 7/4/1996 | See Source »

During the nine-game drought, injuries plagued the seniors, who had been Harvard's main offensive and defensive weapons; Konik and defensive stalwart Pete McLaughlin were sidelined after the infamous car crash the night before the first Beanpot game, while Holmes and Nielsen battled nagging leg and shoulder injuries...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, | Title: Icemen Overcome Midseason Problems, Shine in Playoffs | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS SMITH Stalwart anti-abortionist gets cuts he sought in aid to overseas family-planning programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: May 6, 1996 | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

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