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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lopped off a piece of the little finger of his left hand-using an ordinary kitchen knife without benefit of anesthetic-and sent it to his family as grisly proof of identity. Gang members provided some antiseptic and a bandage to stop the bleeding. They also warned Empain that unless he cooperated with them they would cut off another finger for each day the ransom went unpaid...
...also helps to have help in dealing with reluctant editors. Do not call Meredith, however, or most other top agents. "We won't accept a writer who does only magazines unless we think he'll do a book some day," he says. Explains Agent Henry Morrison: "With a book, you work for two or three days for 10% of a $50,000 sale. With a magazine, you work two days for 10% of a $3,000 sale...
...think we may take our lumps," Fish said with a grin this week. "We learned a lot on the southern trip (2-3 finish), and the guys have shown a willingness to work very hard on the areas that need improvement, but unless we get better we're gonna get smoked...
...other questions in the same vein, are the root of an intense ideological battle being waged throughout the world. It seems reasonable to raise the question: Are Harvard professors--safe and secure with plenty of status and money--so removed from social reality? What makes them so objective? Unless we are willing to concede that the Harvard Faculty has stumbled upon the absolute truth, the only alternative is to leave the decision up to the individual--at least to a greater extent than would the Core Curriculum...
There is one bright note--but let me hasten to qualify that: you need read no further unless you are a) a ballet fan; b) a ballet fan tolerant enough to overlook the lumps and warts of the Boston Ballet (well, what do you want, Balanchine?); and c) a ballet fan tolerant enough to overlook the lumps and warts of the Boston Ballet who can suspend cynicism and realism long enough to become imaginatively involved in a fairy tale. Now that I've eliminated jocks, pre-meds (sorry, that's the second snide remark this column!), and Crimson editors...