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...gift was the ability to create characters so vital that they seemed to leap from the page: the ebullient Gigi, skipping through the Tuileries; the elegant and doomed Chéri, in love with a woman twice his age; and Lea, archetype of the older woman, wise, but not yet wizened by age and experience. But Colette's greatest invention was Colette, the country girl who conquered Paris and captured life itself...
...would be unfair to the 322 whites already at Jones Street School if the holdouts remained at Buckeye. But Scott also dropped contempt of court charges that could have meant heavy fines for the trio's parents, Buckeye officials and Lee. Said Scott: "I think it would be wise to forget this whole thing...
...protest draft registration are protesting the wrong thing. A democratic army reduces the chance of war. Paid armies are the instrument of tyrants. The day Nixon ended the draft was the day this country started moving to the right. Now, Reagan says the secret bombing of Cambodia was wise. Protest the message, not the messenger. Richard Joffe
...confused and lonely hearted, to Idaho Woe and Been Around and Mr. Also, they are wise and steady friends. To 130 million readers from Tokyo to Tucson, they are the witty and no-nonsense "Dear Abby" and "Ann Landers." In real life, they are twin sisters, Esther Pauline ("Eppie") Lederer (alias Ann Landers) and Pauline Esther ("Popo") Phillips (Abigail Van Buren), together the most widely syndicated columnists in the world, with upwards of 1,000 newspapers apiece. Says Loyola (Chicago) University Psychologist Eugene Kennedy: "Their columns are the national mailbag. The advice they give is fundamental common sense...
...promised to let many of his less experienced wrestlers compete in this quadrangular meet and he kept his word. Of the reserves pressed into service, Andy Wise did especially well, defeating both Lowell and MIT in the 134-1b. slot, which co-captain Rick Kief had successfully defended against the Bears earlier...