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...Really, sir, do you think the College should be made over in your image? If you despise the flute, should no one study it? Would you deprive the military of the small leavening that its complement of Harvard-educated officers provides, and leave us to the tender mercies of an officer corps wholly derived from West Point. Annapolis, and Colorado Springs?... Thomas Lumbard...
When the only patron with politically lib eral sympathies begins to orate, the bar tender-proprietor warns: "You start talkin' about niggers and America in here tonight, I swear you won't get another drink till winter. You understand?" Such moments surpass the contrivances of plot; surprise fades in the glare of recognition...
Grab a vine, give a yell and prepare to take a leap of faith: they have gone and made an utterly serious Tarzan movie and, believe it or not, it is rather good. Indeed, much of Greystoke is very good, a tender, thoughtful and pictorially beautiful working out of the themes that were implicit in Edgar Rice Burroughs' original conception, but which over 70 years of life in the Hollywood jungle have been choked off by the riotous, unchecked growth of weedy invention and seedy, B-picture convention...
...seniors on the Harvard women's hockey team had been selected to play in what became their final collegiate contests. The Third Annual Women's Hockey All Star Game-which drew the 40 best seniors from 16 schools-became the last chance to show just how very far the tender sport has developed...
Whatever happens, the biggest winner of all may be Pickens and his backers, who paid an average price of $45 for each of their 22 million shares. The right tender offer could earn them a profit of nearly $800 million...