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Others are less prepared, however, "A few folks will come in here and give us a pile of papers and their W-2 forms, and ask us to fill them out," said second-year law student Samuel C. Sichko, director of the Harvard VITA program...
...covered with sores from malnutrition. The free-basing also caused rashes and made his tongue so swollen that he could barely talk. In one of the fits of rage that accompanied the "down" periods, he snapped off two teeth. Shards of broken glass pipes formed a thigh-high pile. The apartment was rancid, filled with unwashed clothes and dishes. The doctor did not notice. He spent most of his time in the shower, even smoking his coke there, to relieve the constant sweating. "I went as low as you can go without dying...
Many of these characters hastily assemble first collections lest Time catch up with them. The other more humble type of poet sits on a steadily growing pile of work and publishes it only when he is sure his words will strike a chord. Such a poet is Alan Williamson. The poems in his first collection. Presence, have been written over the 12 years Williamson has taught English at colleges from coast to coast. Any of them would probably have made the kind of mark Williamson hoped for if published as soon as written. Taken together, they present a stunning elevation...
Walter Mondale, 55, the popular party warhorse who currently leads the pack, will make his announcement this week. Colorado Senator Gary Hart, 45, armed with a pile of position papers and an organizational expertise learned when he managed George McGovern's campaign twelve years ago, kicked off his quest last week. Senator Alan Cranston, 68, of California, seizing on the issue of a nuclear arms freeze, made his long-shot race official three weeks ago. Of the top four contenders, only Senator John Glenn, 61, has not formally announced his candidacy. He will not do so until mid-April...
...dealer named Lawrence Fleischman under the benign presidency of Terence Cardinal Cooke, masses of otherwise unsalable modern religious art have been decanted into the Vatican since the late '60s. The result, the Collezione d'Arte Religiosa Moderna, amounts to something between a pork barrel and a junk pile...