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January-February 2022

After missing the deadline for the last DAM column, I tattooed future submission dates on my forearm. Nonetheless, the flow of class news to this interim scribe has been paltry, so please feed me even if it’s just scraps from your banquet.
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November-December 2021

The perfidy of your substitute secretary is evident by his ignorance of publication deadlines, so with apologies until next issue!
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September-October 2021

Circumstances propel us into surprise roles, and we are sometimes asked to step in and fill a void we hope will be temporary.
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July-August 2021

You may not realize how lucky you are to read this column every issue. For some reason, the Class Secretaries Association has given it top billing in its latest ratings.
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May-June 2021

Ivy-educated, with little else to do, I’m guessing we’ve all been hitting the books. So what have you been reading lately? A brief review or two will do. Books with really good hooks might wind up in the Sound & Fury.
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March-April 2021

Phew! Somehow we made it through 2020. Now we’re off and running into 2021, which may be even tougher.
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January-February 2021

I am writing just days before the election, so let’s talk instead about the amazing October 3 virtual class of 1958 Homecoming via Zoom staged by John Trimble, Frank Gould,and, most of all, our adopted classmate Sandy Swain-B
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November-December 2020

Much ado about nothing, sense and sensibility: Call it what you will, the dustup over the Baker weathervane finally brought forth much ado about sensibility from Hal Bernsen and Bob Downey, who wisely advised classma
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September-October 2020

This was written in June, just after the latest Sound & Fury, but I’ll try to keep it as fresh as I can when you read it in August.
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May-June 2020

Writing on Washington’s birthday in this election year calls to mind, with a sigh, the caliber of past leaders such as Dr. Franklin, His Excellency George, Honest Abe, and the Roosevelt boys.
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March-April 2020

Normally we mention lots of names in this space. This issue spotlights only one, our world-class journalist classmate Bill Hartley.