Jefferson M. Flanders
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The Man With the Lollipops
T HAT SPRING, Long John and Bentley spent a great deal of time watching Kojak. They had plenty of opportunity:
A Bookies Delight
There's this friend of mine, let's call him Harpo, who's on a streak of bad luck Jimmy the Greek wouldn't
Hiss Returns to Law School; Talks About Nixon, McCarthy
Alger Hiss returned last night to his alma mater, the Law School, to talk about the McCarthy are, but somehow
Two Marathon Stories
This would undoubtedly be a better account of the Boston Marathon if there were space to tell the story of
Runners Come East to Marathon Mecca
The Boston Marathon faces a population explosion today as a record field of over 3000 qualified runners and countless unofficial
From a Son's Point of View
T HE CROP OF biographies appearing in bookstores recently has been grim, glutted with post-Watergate tales of sin, the Fall,
Towards an Objective Hiss Story?
There is a certain irony that in America's bicentennial year almost as much ink has been spilled over Joe McCarthy
Muddled ghosts
A NTHONY BURGESS' latest novel is the modern literary equivalent of a grotesque medieval woodcut by Hans Holbein the Younger.
It's a Family Affair
On Sundays, before church, as my father knotted his tie and put his cuff-links on, we would crowd around his
Flanders Fields
Saturday's NCAA Division One Lacrosse Championship--a 16-13 overtime win for upstart Cornell over Maryland--proved a few things: 1) Whenever there