Pat collins insists he was surprised by the power of his pen and the influence of his 20-page gazette. In Light and Truth, an obscure periodical run by a handful of conservative Yale students, Collins wrote a story that cost the proud Ivy League school $20 million plus interest. Not long after reading the L&T expose on Yale's clumsy handling of his gift for a Western-civilization program, Texas oilman Lee Bass asked for, and got, his millions back. "I was surprised," says Collins, a junior, "and sobered."
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机译:帕特·柯林斯(Pat Collins)坚称,他对自己的笔的功能以及20页的宪报的影响感到惊讶。柯林斯在《光与真理》(Light and Truth)中,由少数保守的耶鲁大学学生撰写的晦涩难懂的期刊,写了一个故事,这所骄傲的常春藤盟校花了2000万美元加上利息。读过L&T关于耶鲁大学对西方文明计划的礼物的笨拙处理后,得克萨斯州石油商李·巴斯(Lee Bass)要求并得到了数百万美元。 “我很惊讶,”大三学生柯林斯说,“而且清醒了。”
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