A Heroic Story for Day 31

General Petraeus graduated near the top of his class at West Point and earned a Ph.D. from Princeton. In 1991 he was accidentally shot in the chest during a training exercise. He endured a 60-mile helicopter flight to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where his life was saved by Dr. Bill Frist, later the Republican leader of the Senate. One thing left out of that story, for those who don’t know, is that Vanderbilt is in Nashville, Tennessee.

Now a Not Heroic Story

I know one guy who was watching a Vanderbilt game a few years ago, who had no idea where the university was! He also volunteered to help me with the crossword. But he learned better. I didn’t need or want help. Besides, he didn’t seem to know anything. He was a college graduate.

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