Word: seatback
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dave "learned how to underline books on the swaying subway, a feat of muscular discipline which involved bracing your legs against the floor, pushing hard against the seatback and tucking your elbows in close to your body. The underlining was a little wobbly, but it traced the wavering path of Dave's radical education." Roy is interviewed at Brandeis by its director of admissions, who, "a teacher of Irish literature on the side.... found Roy 'gentle as a chrysanthemum, smiling as a sunflower.'" Sue, in assuming her mother's role in caring for her Southern family, overcomes her fear...