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Then, with a tribute, he brought on George McGovern. For the candidate, it was the end of a long, improbable road, and he savored the moment. "My nomination," he said, "is all the more precious in that it is a gift of the most open political process in all of our political history. It is the sweet harvest of the work of tens of thousands of tireless volunteers, young and old alike ... As Yeats put it, Think where man's glory most begins and ends/ And say my glory
...would like to thank my anonymous correspondents for sharing with me such a precious moment. I too have felt the chill of the cold air of the iron New England dark. What we must do, we from more gracious climes, is to try to preserve our passion amidst what often seems an all-compelling frigidity. Again, how flattering to be thought of during such an important moment. Kevin Starr Assistant Prof. of English Aliston Burr Senior Tutor, Eliot House
...final count, Frenzy is intelligent entertainment, well-written, well served-up and more humane than most. And we've had precious little even of that lately...
From the beginning, the expedition was split into rival factions-led, respectively, by the British and the Austrians. According to Britisher Don Whillans, the Austrians "were afraid of us getting into the lead." Said German Climber Michel Anderl caustically: "The precious contribution of the British was to help consume 16 bottles of oxygen and eat enormous quantities of food." Supplies seemed to be a considerable problem. Native Sherpas staged one brief strike when the climbers reached 17,550 ft. and threatened another one unless their demands for more food and equipment were met. While Dr. Karl Herrligkoffer left the expedition...
Danny Kaye, L.H.D., comedian. Recipient of awards from numerous national and international bodies, he cherishes more than all of them the joy his presence evokes as the world's disenchanted children exchange their daily dole of misery for his precious gift of laughter...