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...walked down 44th Street wondering if a Harvard Club could possibly be anything but a granfalloon after all. As Vonnegut says, a granfalloon is "A seeming team that is meaningless in terms of the way God gets things done"-like all the people from Indiana or the International Order of Odd Fellows or Leverett House. And if the Harvard Club were a granfalloon, would I be able to recognize it, let alone photograph it. "If you wish to study a granfalloon," continues Vonnegut, "just remove the skin of a toy balloon...

Author: By Julie E. Green, | Title: The Harvard Club Of New York City | 12/1/1969 | See Source »

...contemporary novelist, Kurt Vonnegut, uses with frequency a similar expression: "So it goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 29, 1969 | 8/29/1969 | See Source »

...Slaughterhouse-Five, Vonnegut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Aug. 22, 1969 | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

...Slaughterhouse-Five, Vonnegut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Aug. 8, 1969 | 8/8/1969 | See Source »

...Slaughterhouse-Five, Vonnegut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Jul. 25, 1969 | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

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