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Author Padgett Powell, 35, has weathered this ordeal nicely. To be sure, a few readers will complain that his second novel fails to live up to the promise of Edisto, which drew raves and comparisons to Huckleberry Finn and The Catcher in the Rye when it appeared in 1984. A Woman Named Drown is not going to remind anyone of Anna Karenina. On the other hand, Powell's new book picks up smoothly where its predecessor left off, which is not, given the level of skills evident throughout Edisto, a bad place to begin...
...Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation this week chose Sean T. Brady '89, Theresa A. Finn '89, Brooke A. Masters '89, David J. Samuels '89 and 101 other college sophomores nationwide from 1149 nominations...
...whole idea of having it over your head the whole year," was one of the hardest parts for Finn, a History and Literature concentrator who hopes eventually to run for the Massachussetts state legislature...
When she heard that she had won, "I screamed," said Finn, whose mother called tell her about the scholarship yesterday. "I made her read the letter to me to make sure it was the right person." she said...
...line of spring-break beauties, who beamed and clapped in approval. Consensus on the flutter factor: 8 or 9, which is pretty amazing for someone who justifiably rated his hunk index at 0 a year ago. Even the college guys hooted and howled in agreement. An older fellow, Philip Finn, who was on vacation from Plains, Pa., was also awed, but confided to me, "What I'm interested in watching is whether he keeps it off." So am I. Then again, I wonder if Remar will become too thin, too rich, too famous? Hmm, Mom, any advice...