R&P: Do you have a favorite song by Steely Dan?

No. Becker said it came from Deacon Jones. I have no idea what the influence was.

Wake Forest's colors are gold and black. "... they call Alabama the Crimson Tide ..." is there because no other name of a major program at the time, mid 70s, would fit.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.