Word: turned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...period and second semester, washing clothes, reading, thinking, recuperating. I had spent my semester detached, passively accepting academic boredom and loneliness. I had cried and raged and stormed, but I hadn't done anything. I was as sick of myself as I was of Harvard, sick of trying to turn Harvard into Andover...
...turn came, I was escorted by two Ph.D's up to the platform. I climbed the steps. The diploma was handed to me. I was thinking of my family and how proud I knew they were. And I was so proud of them for all they had done to achieve this. Then, instead of congratulating me, Dr. [Warren E.] Wacker simply said, "Now John, if you'd only move a few steps to your left." It took me more than a moment to realize he was not talking about my physical position on the platform...
...psychological depth, at developing a character or portraying a crucial moment comes off like so much slop thrown at these cardboard figures to keep the reader interested. Jumping from one woman to another and updating us on their lives requires a lot of fast stepping. Jaffe doesn't turn in much of a performance, however. If you want to see the finale, you have to wade through 300 pages of tedium. Expect to be disappointed. There is no splashy ending, no grand resolution. Jaffe just kind of shuffles offstage, leaving her limp figures behind...
Everything from madrigals to the Beach Boys is now game for the Krocs, who don't read music and who turn up at odd performances throughout the year and vacation in Bermuda...
...know much about Harvard," Chuck continued modestly, and proceeded to lecture us on the pitfalls of elitism and the greatness of his undergrad years at Colby. He then told us he would turn in any pushers, but would tolerate dope-smoking, and shoved us out into the perils of Saturday Night Freshman Week...