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...want to foster more of a sense of community and comprehension within the college as a whole--where everyone knows who's doing what," said Natalie E. Wilf '96, the publication's founder...
...incident proves disastrous: after Tucker discovers a letter from an old lover of Barclay's, the novelist's wife leaves him. The scene also gives Golding the chance to satirize culture-vultures. When Barclay expresses his anger, Tucker, "out of the depths of his reverent absurdity," says "'I understand, Wilf. It's the Burden...
...more heavily than ever, Barclay goes on the run from Tucker's persistent badgering ("I am a moving target," Golding has written in a confessional essay describing his own pursuit by eager scholars). Tucker tracks his prey to a resort in the Swiss Alps and makes his pitch: "Wilf. I want you to appoint me your official biographer." He tacitly offers his beautiful but dim-witted wife to seal the bargain. Barclay resists this awkwardly staged temptation, but he winds up indebted to Tucker all the same. During a fogbound mountain walk, the author leans on a guardrail that...
...trophy? Broad hints are dropped that the author and the critic have begun to exchange identities. Barclay asks the American: "How come you speak the way you do, Rick? Years and years in England I don't doubt." Tucker replies: "How come you speak the way you do, Wilf? The ^ tones, I mean. They've flattened." With their accents swapped, the two I might amount to one rather schizophrenic consciousness. Near the end, Barclay's ex-wife gives him yet another reading of the experiences he has undergone: "You know what? You and Rick have destroyed each...
...Louis Blues fired Coach Red Berenson and replaced him with former N.Y. Rangers mentor Emile Francis. In addition, the Blues acquired defenseman Guy Lapointe for future considerations and sent for players to Vancouver for goalie Glenn Hanlon. Toronto traded Wilf Plaiment to Quebec for Miroslav Frycer and future considerations, and the New York Rangers demoted goalie John Davidson...