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...English Department was firm in its resolve and would not spare the people. And they suffered mightily. And Morton sent a plague of horrible, unprepared lectures upon them, and they languished in pain all the days of the fall...
...Then Morton sent upon the people two pestilences of papers. And the people groaned while performing the tasks, murmuring against the English Department. And the papers were graded. Some were graded by Jenny Goodman and Anne Montgomery. These were saved. Some were graded by Prudence Steiner, and these were cast by the wayside. And there was weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth...
...people murmured against Morton, and stayed away from lectures to tend their other crops. But unlike the Prodigal Son they found no improvement upon their return...
...people took the final exam, not caring for salvation. For all they knew was that Morton would be gone and happiness could return to the land...
Executive Editor Morton Kondracke of the New Republic ventilated his suspicion that the backlash is incited by "a few columnists and freelance writers trying to earn a bit." Yet even he confessed to being put off when a friend learned he was a runner and asked: "Have you experienced euphoria?" No, Kondracke replied. Indeed, he himself admits to complaints "against joggery profiteers"-authors, magazine publishers, dealers in running gear, even some doctors who treat running injuries. Thus, perhaps inadvertently, he joined the backlashers...