From an early age he adopted a foppish, bohemian style, and in due course, having thrown over his studies in engineering and the possibility of a legal career, he became a man of letters.

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The settings, too, are interiors: cramped rooms, generally lent by understanding friends after Coleridge had left his wife and children in the Lake District and decided to become a man of letters in London.

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It should come as no surprise that Baker, a distinguished man of letters, should nevertheless be interested in the lees of eroticism.

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As much as we want Madoff to be some sort of evil monster so we can have some balance given the biblical scope of his crime, what I saw in the letters was not a man of gargantuan intellect and deeply pathological character.

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Mr. Chiasson's conviction last year has been particularly hard on his friends and family, who still view Mr. Chiasson as a man of integrity, according to letters submitted to the court on his behalf.

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Little known to the general public but regarded fondly by critics, Mr. Connell was a National Book award finalist, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a finalist in 2009 for the International Man Booker Award for lifetime achievement.

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Jordan can't comment on anyone else, but guard D'Von Campbell, who played at junior college powerhouse Hutchinson (Kan.) and power forward Junior Etou, a cousin of NBA big man Serge Ibaka, are expected to sign letters of intent.

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