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There's an English writer named Alan Bennett who makes me laugh. That show Extras with Ricky Gervais makes me laugh. I like that kind of uncomfortable laughter. But when it comes to reading, I'd normally rather read something that was tragic than funny...
...Lawrence H. Summers expressed disapproval of Paulin’s criticisms of Israel. Though the Department later voted to reverse the disinvitation, Paulin has never come to campus. In 2005, DePaul historian Norman G. Finkelstein, who has both sharply criticized Israeli military conduct and accused Harvard Law School Professor Alan M. Dershowitz of plagiarism, had been invited to speak at Harvard Book Store but was abruptly disinvited without explanation. While Finkelstein cannot prove that Dershowitz was responsible for the disinvitation, the Dershowitz modus operandi is evident in the hundreds of pages of threatening legal correspondence which document Dershowitz?...
...black-and-white photograph on the wall of his Mass. Hall office, Alan J. Stone looks exhausted, staring into the middle distance as he sits in the Oval Office. President Clinton reads a draft of an address penned by Stone during long and sleepless nights, while several Clinton advisors look to the president, waiting for him to speak before they pass judgment on the speech...
...clearly understands the missions of the University and believes that the work it is doing is important,” University spokesman John D. Longbrake said of his boss. “If anyone belongs at a university, it’s Alan...
2/14/07: Nathan J. Dern ’07 and recent graduate Alan D. “Scooter” Zackheim ’06 face off in “Beauty and the Geek.” Dern turns down the prize; across Cambridge, hearts flutter...