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Harte said the thought of "seeing my wife atthe finish line" provided the extra boost to helphim through the pain, exhaustion and nausea tofinish strong...
...really hot out there," Delmont said."It got tough in the middle [and] I had to walk ahalf-mile in Newton. In short, I kind of got myass kicked by the course, but I was happy tofinish...
What these not-so-subtle potshots at Harvardshow is that Cousin shines most and isultimately a completely satisfying read not as acoming-of-age story, a literary analysis or atravelogue, but as the hilarious personal memoirits madcap opening (in which Stuart races tofinish her application to Harvard the morning it'sdue) purports it to be. This opening also showshow her humor is mixed in with bittersweetrecollections of a life among unfounded arroganceand neurotic quirkiness: the problem Stuart facesin writing her essay--of defining herself based onher own merits and the merits of her first cousin(once removed) Robert Lowell-soon...
...females could stay in college, free,privileged not to wonder if we'd still be alivethis time next year. Girls with boyfriends, ofcourse, worried, wrote letters, knittedcompulsively through class. Many "accelerated" tofinish college in three years; some left to marrytheir love before he vanished overseas...
Then things started to click. In 1973, theCrimson went 7-2 and flew from fifth to second inthe league. In 1974, Restic took a team picked tofinish in the middle of the Ivies and directed itto an Ivy co-championship--and a win over Yale.And in 1975 the Crimson won an undisputed Ivycrown...
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