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January-February 2022

We are still shaking the tree (lone pine) to see what falls from the upper branches. The question remains, have you given in to a sedentary life or are you stepping on the gas mindful that the clock is ticking?
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November-December 2021

Pick up the pace, accelerate

Retire, take off with your first mate

Take flight, tempt fate, it’s not too late

Over the reefs don’t hesitate.
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September-October 2021

In our last class column we asked classmates in the legal profession what excited them and what they were proudest of in their careers.
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July-August 2021

Normally, I avoid lawyers. But I admit, they are an essential part of our complex world. When pushed I would admit that many people, including myself, have been helped by members of the profession.
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May-June 2021

The following stanza comes from one of the wonderful poems by Bob Bartles.

The light of day with blinding glare

makes us lose our chance to share

what’s tempered by the evening’s care
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March-April 2021

Your classmates met the challenge when asked how concerned they should be with the soaring national debt. Not a one offered the canard that we owe it to ourselves. We have some thoughtful classmates, but no easy solutions.
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January-February 2021

Dartmouth Night this fall rekindled virtual flames in the hearts of alums socially distanced across the globe. Hunt Whittaker called us together with a virtual Zoom meeting to celebrate the occasion.
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November-December 2020

Members of the class, particularly those with medical experience, were asked for their thoughts on Covid-19. Several said that the isolation, while challenging, had forced them to tackle tasks long overdue.
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September-October 2020

This column provides the opportunity to write to all classmates. The world today is full of change and challenge. We may be retired, but we need not sit on the sidelines. Share your thoughts as members of a transformative generation.
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July-August 2020

With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (now 2021?) so much in the news, I asked our own class Olympian, Ed Williams (1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics, in biathlon), to reflect on what enabled him to reach that platform and the effect it had on hi
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May-June 2020

When asked about leadership, several Palaeopitus members said that the real leaders on campus were Dartmouth’s football players.
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March-April 2020

Bob Bartles contributes a Robert Frost thought, excerpted from one of his beautiful poems.

“But false hopes are what winter sells

When March begins her lies

And that first day of sweet sunshine