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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...biography of Anton Chekhov is like a play by Anton Chekhov. The decors of both are mainly Russian provincial. The characters are an engaging assortment of dreamers and bored intellectuals. The atmospheres are tumid with unreleased passion, and there are ample supplies of tea and sympathy. Unlike the lives and works of Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, subjects of other Henri Troyat biographies, Chekhov's belong to the 20th century, an age of fretful spirits and melancholy skepticism. These impulses guide his hundreds of stories, his theatrical masterpieces (The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard) and especially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Melancholy Life of Uncle Anton Chekhov | 11/10/1986 | See Source »

...same type of twisted logic applies to the recent imbroglio between President Derek C. Bok and Secretary of Education William J. Bennett. Bok invited the guy to a birthday bash, and Bennett ended up swigging some tea and spouting drivel all over his hosts. Bok was left holding the quarter...

Author: By Robert F. Cunha, | Title: Get on the Wagon | 10/16/1986 | See Source »

...tea given at the Fogg Art Museum during freshman week, Canaday D resident Marc Tritel '90 approached Bok and invited him to visit the entryway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardlings Entertain Bok, Discuss Life at Harvard | 10/10/1986 | See Source »

Opening up the events helped make thecelebration a little less unfair, said Keith H.Wofford '90, who will be having tea with Bennetton Friday. "There was a snowball's chance in hellthat any freshman would be invited to anything,"the Hollis resident added...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Undergrads Can Still Buy Unclaimed Ball Tickets | 10/9/1986 | See Source »

Added Richard Metters '88, who picked up aticket to the tea with Bennett yesterday, "Thereal 350th had equal opportunity whereas withthis, if Archie knows you, you're on the list...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Undergrads Can Still Buy Unclaimed Ball Tickets | 10/9/1986 | See Source »

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