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It began as a simple flirtation . . .In September of 1963, Scott Stoddard, an American graduate student, is traveling to Switzerland, when he meets the Countess de Rovere, a French divorcee, he is smitten, and she is intrigued. What begins as a little coquetry soon becomes a serious love affair, much to the consternation of the Countess's ex-husband and mother, not to mention the Countess's friends of European high society. A meeting of equals...

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Gary Dickson is an inveterate traveler, an avid gourmet, and a Francophile sans merci. He received his B.A. degree in history while in the United States and then attended graduate school at l'Université de Lausanne, Faculté des Lettres to study l'histoire in Switzerland. In addition to his poetry, Gary has written two novels: An Improbable Pairing, a 1960s historical romance, and its romantic thriller sequel, A Spy with Scruples. Gary lives in...

The unintended consequences of acing a test . . . or when all else fails, try blackmailIn July of 1964, after marrying in Paris, Desirée and Scott Stoddard are honeymooning in the South of France when their idyll is interrupted by a notice from Scott's draft board advising him that his status is being reviewed. Desirée, the former French countess who is already three months pregnant, doesn't understand why her new husband, an American, must tr...

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Excerpt from The Role of Information Systems Research CentersThere is little doubt of the need for Management School-based research in the information systems field today. The field is very young academically, needing clarification, strengthening, or refinement of almost all of its so recently established frameworks, concepts and techniques. It is also, however, a rapidly changing field. From an academic viewpoint, therefore, it demands consta...

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Excerpt from The Role of Information Systems Research CentersThere is little doubt of the need for Management School-based research in the information systems field today. The field is very young academically, needing clarification, strengthening, or refinement of almost all of its so recently established frameworks, concepts and techniques. It is also, however, a rapidly changing field. From an academic viewpoint, therefore, it demands consta...