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...timing could not have been more apt: Tintin's creator, Hergé, was born one hundred years ago on Tuesday. Many credit Hergé, whose real name was Georges Remi, with inventing much of the visual grammar that defines modern comics. His books involve masterly plots and a depth of humor, artistry, detail and characterization. His iconic comic strip hero travelled the world fighting crime and ventured to the moon a full decade before Neil Armstrong...
...write in response to your recent communiqué regarding the current state of the academic calendar, in which you do a laudable job encapsulating the 2003-04 initiative by a faculty committee to coordinate the calendars of the several schools within Harvard University, making the apt observation that such an adjustment would “enable students and faculty members to cross Harvard’s internal borders with greater ease” (Bok 2007). But then you tie the synchronization of the educational terms of Harvard’s schools with the moving of fall term exams from after...
...That departure will bring down the curtain on a successful double act. Despite the rancor engendered by their personal rivalry, Blair and Brown, the Lennon and McCartney of politics, had a creative chemistry. As Brown embarks on a solo career, Geldof finds a new, and apt, comparison, remarking: "Brown is the Van Morrison of politics - grumpy but brilliant...
...Those close to Romney doubt he was ever as committedly pro-choice as those comments might have made him seem. More likely, this school of thought argues, Romney figured abortion restrictions were not apt to come to the Governor's desk in a state as liberal as Massachusetts. Says longtime friend Joel Peterson, founder of a Salt Lake City equity firm: "He knew that they would never come up for a vote, so he took it off the table. Does that sound politically expedient? Maybe...
...article, the Gottlieb professor of law at Harvard Law School told The New York Times, “We used to call her ‘Chainsaw Drew.’”“I definitely feel that it’s is a very apt description,” Warren, who worked with Faust when they were both at the University of Pennsylvania, said later. “It’s a good nickname! Just look at what she did at Radcliffe.”Faust came to the helm of the Radcliffe Institute...