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...1960s began, Farrar Straus & Giroux announced the imminent appearance of Harold Brodkey's first novel. In the late 1970s Knopf announced the imminent appearance of Harold Brodkey's first novel. This year Farrar Straus again announced the imminent appearance of Harold Brodkey's first novel. By now readers could hardly be blamed for wondering if the book was the Great Pumpkin of American literature...
Several squads have names that seem impossible to decode for those who do not live in the entryway. The names "Holworthy East Sharklites," "Pennypacker Bovine Fishermen," "Straus Primeval Concubines" and "Straus Newellie's Bullies" are opaque to most yardlings...
Many of the first-years interviewed said the names of the teams assert the confidence and determination of their entryways. Mark Rosen '95 of the "D-Straus D-Stroyers" said, "I think that our name sends a clear message to the rest of the freshman dorms that our entryway is poised and ready to completely dominate the freshman intramurals...
Seth Kleinman '95, also a Straus Hall D resident, added that he thought the names are "representative of the ingenuity and uniqueness of the Harvard Class...
...Farrar, Straus & Giroux...