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...detective series on ABC and set in San Francisco. In every episode, the audience is first presented with all the necessary clues to solve the week’s mystery, but there is always a twist—for example, a man may be having an affair, or he may have cancer. “The show hinges on the idea that how you see the world is not the only way to see it,” says Heather J. Thomason ’05, a writers’ assistant on the series. “The pieces...
...thing is heading towards a pre-determined outcome, and for political reasons. In fact, you know what happened to me recently? The son and grandson of the two people who were executed for spying for the Russians - the Rosenbergs - came up to me, gave me a book about that affair, and said 'Have courage - lots of people know what this is really about...
...campus during a summer visit, I was absolutely in love with Harvard. It could have been the colonial architecture, the 14 million books in the library, or my cute tour guide, but I was charmed by the school’s certain je ne sais quoi. Like any love affair, the beginning was magical—shiny early acceptance letters, bright new hoodies, a party-filled prefrosh weekend. But these great feelings continued through a virtually seamless first year of good friends, great professors, solid grades, and a fulfilling extracurricular activity—The Crimson. Like a 15-year...
...approval rating.) After his famed "malaise" speech in 1979, in which he said the country was going through a "crisis of confidence," President Jimmy Carter offed his secretaries of Treasury and Health Education and Welfare. Ronald Reagan famously reshuffled his White House staff after the Iran-Contra affair and Bill Clinton reached out to Dick Morris, the political consultant, after the Democrats' whipping in the 1994 mid-term elections...
...Angustias’ haughty demeanor and unrealistic optimism after her engagement are well captured by Morton’s patronizing airs.Alison H. Rich ’09 also proves herself to be a strong first-year actress as Martirio, a deeply observant and physically handicapped sister whose sabotaged love affair leads her to attempt to curtail Adela’s headlong impulses; her cutting remarks bring a sarcastic humor to the show. And the maid Ellen C. Quigley ’07, who serves both as an additional source of comic relief and as a second mother figure, adds...