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Tales from the Crypt, Volume XV, Chapter 1: Dateline: Near the confluence of the rivers Allegheny, Ohio, and Monongahela, this burgmade sooty by Carnegie, famous by Mazeroski and Stargell, and infamous by The Deer Hunter now has another reason to cheer. Robert A.J. Gagnon is the assistant professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. An active layperson in the American Baptist Church, Dr. Gagnon had previously been a visiting professor of religion at Middlebury. He received his doctorate magna cum laude from Princeton Theological Seminary, his master's degree from Harvard Divinity School, and all the important stuff he learned at Dartmouth. With credentials like that, the man is recession-proof.

Spit Happens: No rest for the weary storks, that is. The cheery news this month comes from both sides of the Atlantic. First, from the land of pints and now half-pints: Linda and Tom Bartlett are the proud parents of Samuel Nightingale Bartlett, who was born September 9. Whether this kid ends up being a nurse or an R.A.F. pilot, he's already humming the old Jim Croce tune, "I Got a Name." Tom is teaching—you guessed it English history at a school near London. What's your biggest day-to-day challenge, Tom? "Communicating in this foreign land. Every day is like living re-runs of My Fair Lady and Rex Harrison's diction lessons: 'Ahh, English why, the Americans haven't spoken it for years!"'

Babes in Toyland, cont'd: With the birth of their third child, Jean and Pete Scannel! have just gone from man-to-man to a zone defense. Kate was born July 7, and the parents had to dust off the old "Insanity is hereditary you get it from your kids" T-shirts. The birth announcement was perfecdy straight forward. Printed below a photograph of Owen, Colleen, and Kate was a simple quote: "We have them outnumbered!"

Son of "The Son Also Shines!": When last we wrote, legendary stock picker DavidMacAllastar was gracing the pages of Barron's and analyzing various bank stocks. The venerable financial-news weekly recently ran a follow-up article in which Dave bares all. In addition to the usual personal-investing dogma, Dave tossed out several valuable nuggets. His current favorites include Northwest ("more daily non-stops"), Webster Financial ("It is, sir, as I have said, a small bank but there are those who love it...") and Bank One ("second to none!"). Dave, how is it that you consistendy pick winners? "Well, Mike, that reminds me of an old Damon Runyon line: 'The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.'"

Ask not for whom the Tower bells toll....0.K., gang, only 180 shopping days until the big 15 th Reunion, and this one promises to be a blast! Here's another chance to stay up late, to breathe clean New Hampshire air, to hike Moosilauke, to hang out in the tent, to stay up late, to Bar-B-Q with the old gang, to sneak into the new dorms, to renew old friendships and form new ones, to stay up late, to checkout waistlines, hairlines, and hemlines, to return to the scene of the crime.... Ann Munves Malenka, Ed andCarla Boehm Sloan, and the rest of the reunion committee are working feverishly to make this one the best ever. Go ahead and mark your calendars: June 16-18, 1995. Just do it. Quality child care will be available throughout the reunion weekend, and that's reason enough.

Until then, be good Santa's still watching.