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...when many Americans struggled to get enough to eat, they made the idle their idols. Avidly, avidly, they read newspaper columns about "cafe society" - rich folks "whose only occupation was to change clothes and go out," as Ralph Blumenthal writes in "Stork Club: America's Most Famous Nightspot and the Lost World of Cafe Society." Unlike a quarter of all adult Americans in the Depression, these madcap heiresses and showbiz Romeos had a job: to be seen being glamorous, by sitting in Manhattan night clubs that served as the fraternities of the leisure class, an Ellis Island for the elite...
...Yellow Water wetlands in the tropical Top End of the Australian outback. "Brolga on the left," the tour guide announces. All eyes swivel left, toward the graceful gray crane. Cameras click. "Egret just ahead," he calls. More craning (of necks) and pointing of cameras. "Darter, tern, black-necked stork!" The birders in the group are in a state of near ecstasy. The rest of us are biding our time. Ten minutes later we round a corner and the collective cry goes up: "Crocodile!" There's a stampede as everyone rushes to the side of the boat, which miraculously remains stable...
...other hand, what if the mystics aren’t giving me contradictory advice! Oh no, I can see it now! What if a bright white stork will drop a triple-sized bundle of joy in my cap-and-gowned lap as I sit through my much anticipated commencement ceremony this June. I’ll be a mother times three and with the mass of people crammed into Tercentenary Theater, I will have to scour the crowds and rope myself a hubby, Texas-rodeo style.With the mass of people crammed into Tercentenary Theater, I'll stealthily scour the crowds...
Caitlin E. Stork ’04, who participated in FOP under Lewis, said she was particularly struck by his leadership skills...
...Lewis] was so smart, he had a real ability to be serious, but at the same time when you needed cheering up, he could be goofy,” Stork said. “No matter what kind of person you were, he reassured you that you would find your place at Harvard. He made everyone feel welcome...