Word: strause
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...book. The Parisian wits skewered each other like shish kebab. At Mme. Aubernon's (a fat, lively little woman and the chief model for Mme. Verdurin in Remembrance), the subject for conversation was announced days in advance. "What is your opinion of adultery?" she asked Mme. Straus (a Duchesse de Guermantes model) when that was the theme. Mme. Straus replied, "I'm so sorry; I prepared incest by mistake...
...deglamorized high society for Proust. Jewish on his mother's side, he courageously declared himself a Dreyfusard and helped to circulate the first petition for Dreyfus' release. Ironically, when Dreyfus was finally released, Proust found him as unappealing an ex-martyr as the other socialites did. Mme. Straus said, "What a pity we can't choose someone else for our innocent," a line of the Duchesse de Guermantes in Remembrance. The laconic Dreyfus was credited with two apocryphal lines, "I've never had a moment's peace since I left Devil's Island...
Kirkland House has won the Straus Trophy, emblematic of House intramural athletic supremacy, for the third straight year. This marks the eleventh time in the 22-year history of the trophy that Kirkland...
...House gained its points during the year-long Straus Trophy competition mainly by four firsts--in cross-country, softball, crew, and track--seconds in baseball and tennis, and ties for second in squash, boxing, and wrestling...
...commuters' athletic program drew a mixed response--"good spirit and interest, although lack of time to participate puts Dudley at the bottom of the Straus competition." Though one student claimed that it was "well-run, despite natural difficulties," another said the program was "terrible because of student apathy and commuter inconveniences." All college students complain of the lack of time, but commuters, who average a half hour on the road per day, have reason to complain a little louder...