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Structural problems abound within this Puritan institution as well. Some students have complained that there is no physical building here like a student center where one can go to just hang out, especially for first-years who don't have house grills or other social spots...

Author: By Dan E. Markel, | Title: Sex at Harvard: Getting to Yes | 4/4/1992 | See Source »

...paper found not just one or two accusers but many more. While none were ready to be named, eight among them pledged willingness to back up their claims in court if Adams sued the paper. Moreover, despite his insistence that he could not recognize the women, their published vignettes abound in evocative detail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Quote Me, But . . . | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

...times the sheer weight of detail may almost be dizzying to a newcomer, the text is enlivened at every turn by all the familiar props of the Hughes voice -- the mischievous erudition (translating a Latin motto as "Far down! Far out!"), the rococo diction ("fribblers" and "cutpurses" abound) and the Augustan bite (asides that wither "the mingy veneering of today's 'lite' architecture"). Beneath the virile lucidity of the prose, however, is a subtle and sensitive mind that can lead the reader, patiently, into complexity: "In Gaudi one sees flourishing the egotism achieved by those who think they have stepped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Story of Vim and Rigor | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

...their homes or in cozy little cafes near their homes and Pearlman and Henderson spare no words communicating the picayune domestic details of their surroundings. Their voyeuristic glee at seeing Godwin's indoor pool or overhearing one of Fischer's personal telephone conversations is embarrassing. Italics and exclamation points abound. The opening paragraph of Pearlman's interview with Erdrich is only one salient sample...

Author: By Kelly A. E. mason, | Title: Luminaries of Modern American Literature Give Women a Cultural Voice | 3/5/1992 | See Source »

First class hotels abound, and it's a shopping paradise, with air-conditioned department stores as well as lively street vendors...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Best of Two Worlds | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

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