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Two items from DN
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1) Clarification. Dmitri Nabokov asks that I indicate that the portion in
quotes of the "postscript" repeated just below are his words and not those
of Dean Lewis.
In a postscript to his posting about the Cornell Russian Department,
Dmitri Nabokov informs us that he has received a reply
from Cornell Dean Lewis "suggesting that more detailed information is to
be expected shortly."
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2. IT MAY AMUSE ALFRED APPEL AND OTHERS WHO RECALL VN'S PUN, MADE IN A
PRIVATE CONTEXT IN REPLY TO A COLLEAGUE'S COMMENT ABOUT BACK-ROW CLASSROOM
ACTIVITIES, THAT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ON MTV'S DATING GAME. "SINGLED
OUT," AS BROADCAST ON 28 MARCH, WAS "WOULD YOU RATHER SPOON OR FORK?"
(ALL THE FEMALE FINALISTS REPLIED "FORK!" O tempora! O poshlost'!
ASSUMING, OF COURSE, THEY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.)
quotes of the "postscript" repeated just below are his words and not those
of Dean Lewis.
In a postscript to his posting about the Cornell Russian Department,
Dmitri Nabokov informs us that he has received a reply
from Cornell Dean Lewis "suggesting that more detailed information is to
be expected shortly."
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2. IT MAY AMUSE ALFRED APPEL AND OTHERS WHO RECALL VN'S PUN, MADE IN A
PRIVATE CONTEXT IN REPLY TO A COLLEAGUE'S COMMENT ABOUT BACK-ROW CLASSROOM
ACTIVITIES, THAT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ON MTV'S DATING GAME. "SINGLED
OUT," AS BROADCAST ON 28 MARCH, WAS "WOULD YOU RATHER SPOON OR FORK?"
(ALL THE FEMALE FINALISTS REPLIED "FORK!" O tempora! O poshlost'!
ASSUMING, OF COURSE, THEY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.)