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...Going abroad was the best decision I’ve made here at Harvard,” Saldarriaga said. The exhibition allowed everyone to share the photographers’ exotic experiences. “It was great fun for me to spend a whole afternoon being an armchair traveller,” Martin-Kao said of her judging experience. The event kicks off the OIP’s International Education Week, which highlights opportunities for study and work abroad. The photos will be on display for the rest of the week in the lower lobby of the Center for Government...
...Line of Beauty.” “I’m still amazed at the effect…Suddenly you become noticed all over the world.”While clearly no strategist or self-promoter, Hollinghurst plays a fierce game of armchair politics. He delights in pointing out that “The Line of Beauty,” set in London from 1983 to 1987, contains nothing but praise and awe of then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, though the novelist (and, most would argue, the novel) rage against the “ghastliness?...
...style—Rocky (Gordon T. Kraft-Todd ’07), the perfect man, for himself. The rest involves scientific experiments, aliens, and a floor show—and makes absolutely no sense. Oh, and this all occurs against a narration by a criminologist sitting in an armchair in the corner...
...erudition and scope, Illicit has one vexing flaw: its lack of substantial original research. Na?m is an armchair tour guide, relying mostly on well-worn news stories and official reports. For a book on the underground trade in sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, Illicit is disappointingly dry. The climax is not a memorable glimpse inside a smuggling ring, but a raft of policy suggestions such as better coordination among government agencies and improved international cooperation?hardly page-turning stuff. Still, Na?m succeeds in presenting a clear account of how illicit commerce works and what its consequences are. In doing...
...Augustine famously declared that "the world is a book"; Haus Publishing obviously agreed. So last month the London-based publisher launched The Armchair Traveller, a series of insightful travelogues documenting personal journeys all over the globe. Each volume, printed on thick, creamy paper, features a foldout map. Otherwise, there's no fixed format for The Armchair Traveller. The first four titles are as different in tone and approach as the smooth, expansive river that dominates Along the Ganges is from the wild Celtic waters in the sailing odyssey Cape Wrath to Finisterre. New works arriving in 2006 serve...