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Reading crime novels in mixed company, now that some of the toughest and raunchiest fictional cops, detectives and villains are women, has become a delicate exercise in sexual politics. We can imagine Spenser, Robert B. Parker's tough-guy hero, paging through a thriller one evening, log fire burning and six-pack of Sam Adams at the ready, when his girlfriend Susan Silverman senses trouble. She speaks: "You're looking all choked up and strange, Slugger." He explains sheepishly that he is reading a detective story. "Yes ... ?" "Well, so there's this wounded guy, and suddenly the detective whips...
Returning players to watch on the team are: goalie Paul Spagnoletti, with a 20-8-0 record and .899 save percentage; Captain Greg Carvel, right wing Spenser Meany, and Assistant Captain Lee Albert...
...first low point came in early 1991 when Dean Patricia A. Graham, who brought innovative programs and tenured faculty over her nine-year stint, announced that she would leave the University to head the Chicago-based Spenser Foundation...
Graham announced in February that she would step down to become president of the Spenser Foundation, an educational research institution. Her decision leaves the Ed School at a crossroads--especially since her resignation coincides with the departure of President Derek C. Bok, who supported the development of many new programs under Graham's leadership...
...school's at a very good launching pad for a new dean to take it to greater heights," says Graham, who will continue to teach here part-time while she assumes her new duties at the Spenser Foundation...