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Braithwaite's hot pursuit of Flaubert trivia is the scholarly equivalent of a lover singing the praises of his beloved's toes, but it's also a statement about the ultimate futility of biography on a large scale. The second chapter, entitled "Chronology," gives a Rashomon-like series of perspectives on Flaubert's lifeline, all strictly factual and yet entirely contradictory. Once the big picture is safely relegated to the dusty attic of preceding scholarship, Braithwaite gives us his Flaubert--thin slices through the tissue of the writer's life along various thematic points. We can never know everything about...
...Trivia question for ice cream lovers: What is the difference between Pralines 'N Cream and Pralines & Cream? Answer: Pralines 'N Cream is a registered trademark of Baskin-Robbins, the flourishing Glendale, Calif., company (1984 sales: $152 million) that has franchised 3,143 ice cream shops worldwide. Pralines & Cream is a flavor sold by Haagen-Dazs, the successful (1984 sales: $100 million) ice cream subsidiary of Pillsbury. The similarity of the two brand names has spurred Baskin-Robbins to sue Haagen Dazs for trademark infringement. A Dallas federal court is considering the case, not without some amusement. Says a court clerk...
Cabot House resident James D. Woods III '85, who will appear this morning in a taped segment of Press Your Luck, the "big bucks, no whammy" television game show this morning, earned his valuable prize by answering trivia questions during the program's special college week series...
Woods was selected to compete on the popular program based on a snapshot revealing his "good looks" and a trivia test conducted by phone several weeks ago, said Robert Edwards, contestant supervisor for the C.B.S. morning game show...
...show, contestants who correctly answer "general knowledge trivia questions" are permitted to spin the "Whammy wheel" which offers cash and prizes. But, if the "whyammy" turns up, not only does the player lose a turn, but also all the prizes and money which he or she had previously accumulated. Woods answered three questions correctly and spun three times, but in each turn he spun a "whammy...