Their athletic director, John Watson, contacted me directly. Ordinarily that would indicate that Larry is on their short list. It certainly wouldn't be a surprise.

You have to go through channels and get permission from my athletic director [Laing Kennedy] before you can talk to me. Duquesne has not talked to my athletic director. Until that time, it's not serious.

We feel that's about as low as we'll be in (John L. Smith's) program. The retention numbers indicate we're going up.

They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.

But not to our Muffin.

Not that Dr Watson wasn't benign - he was one of the best souls in the Empire - but a man didn't get to be her uncle's right-hand man without a good uppercut and the stamina of a draft horse.