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...Irony," Andersen writes at one point, "is now embedded in the language, ubiquitous and invisible." He's right, of course, and his own ironic take sometimes makes him seem so arch you could almost drive through him. But it is nonetheless a joy to watch him at work, ricocheting off everything putrid and tinny in our culture. Whatever you call the thing after postmodern, Turn of the Century is it--something post-postmodern, a commentary on commentary. That may not make much of a novel, but it sure is fun to read...
...season began on a high note as Radcliffe won the competitive Beantown Tournament, dominating Smith, Bowdoin and Amherst, before gaining a solid victory over arch-rival Penn State...
...League did just that yesterday when it handed the Harvard baseball team the Ancient Eight crown for the third consecutive season. Harvard (28-16, 16-4 Ivy) faced arch-rival Princeton (25-20, 15-5) in the Ivy championship series for the fourth straight year and won the first and third games of the three-game set at O'Donnell Field to advance to the NCAA Tournament. HARVARD 8 PRINCETON 7 PRINCETON 7 HARVARD 6 HARVARD 5 PRINCETON...
What's the main difference between you and your Russian and German arch-rivals...
...stretched finger of the big city, with aspiring families who don't lock their doors, enclaves with names like Coventry and Raccoon Creek and Bel Flower, scrubland turned into golf courses, houses than run anywhere from $75,000 to $5 million or so. There's an arch over a hallway in the high school engraved with a motto: "The finest kids in America pass through these halls...