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Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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on Final Thoughts Before November FifthFun fact: I worked at Fieldston's summer program one year! This seems as much ado about nothing as t…
on Final Thoughts Before November FifthI'm not certain--it was a couple decades before I experienced "unsupervised play time" as a high sch…
on Open Mic for the week of 10/28/2024I suspect Newsome could move the needle if he wanted to, but why would he want to? Beyond that, it's…- on Final Thoughts Before November FifthHe's definitely taking a stand, but with early voting all but done . . . its a less effective stand…
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I’m guessing he spent a year as chairman and the only thing that people would talk to him about was the food.Report
My understanding from this series is that is his job; ‘chairman of the (house) committee’ is not ‘President of the club’ (or chairman of the board). Rather, he has the thankless task of being the guy who plans the menu, budgets for the food, (maybe also orders it, as well as hiring the staff?), books any speakers or other entertainment, and in all, does all the background unsexy logistics stuff to make a supper club work.Report