Word: wishfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long had a running antagonism with Eliot House; once, in my senior year, the editors referred to the residents as "little Podhoretzes" whose land-holdings in Latin America are only outnumbered by their investments in South Africa. I personally am getting a little tired of it, and I wish the staff would be at least more subtle in their bias, if not less biased at root. Paul T. Keenan...
Then his house blows up, and he is made to realize that his goading has succeeded. Somebody wants him dead, and may well get his wish. Or hers. Now what? He goes on the run, of course, but flamboyant Malcolm has no talent for keeping his head down. Author Francis is sometimes faulted for wooden characterizations, but here he is believable and chilling as he takes on the pathology of a large, mutually destructive family. The whodunit puzzle at the & book's core is unusually good, and its solution, like those the late Ross Macdonald used to devise, takes into...
...policy, which was designed by Interim University President Robbin Fleming, will go into effect at the beginning of May. During April, the Board will accept recommendations from students, alumni, or national groups who wish to amend the policy...
...alumnus who did not wish to be identified said charges of networking are "all bullshit. There was a time when all the right families belonged but then [they were just] picking up from where they left off at the Cape...
...earlier decision, but that's not really the point. I'm not advocating that the Council should have voted differently on the postage issue for either SASC or HCOJ; those issues are for the Council to decide. What I am advocating is that if a majority of Council members wish to discuss an issue, they should have an opportunity to do so, despite the personal feelings and motivations of the Chair...