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The Great Hall

From the March 2010 Print Edition

You need only have noticed someone once, and he will have an entree to your dreams for the rest of your life. Or he may never reappear at all. Who knows whose names are there when the credits scroll? Who knows how often one has passed one’s someday spouse before actually being introduced? But . . . . Continue Reading »

The Great Hall

From the October 2008 Print Edition

You need only have noticed someone once, and he will have an entree to your dreams for the rest of your life. Or he may never reappear at all. Who knows whose names are there when the credits scroll? Who knows how often one has passed one’s someday spouse before actually being introduced? But . . . . Continue Reading »