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...book that is curiously unremarkable,even memorably forgettable.“The Commoner” tells the story ofEmpress Haruko, Schwartz’s fictionalizedvision of Empress Michiko. The basicplot is one that’s been told over andover in other forms: exceptional youngwoman confronts the world, falters atfirst, but eventually finds herself. In thisversion, Haruko is a privileged but normalgirl growing up in Tokyo duringWorld War II. (As Schwartz writes withcharacteristic limpness, “One might saythat my childhood insularity was a formof hereditary protection in whose shade,like a pale, delicate mushroom, I grew...
...chose straight classical music atfirst--something that's appropriate for Harvard'smain number...
...mysterious stranger to jam with her;he immediately agreed and soon returned with foursaxophones and a flute. They ended up performing aimprovised duet. "it was magic," says Athena. Theysustained the "beauty" for over three hours,merging their souls in wild, passionate,uninhibited...music. "It was like musical love atfirst sight. It was beautiful." Although thesaxophonist lives three hours away, he joinsAthena's band whenever...
Testifying for the prosecution, Urciuoli atfirst refused to say he'd seen anything out of asecond-floor Pound Hall window on the night ofJune 10. At one point, a clearly frustrated MarcA. Eichler, the assistant district attorney, askedthe judge's permission to treat his own starwitness as hostile...
When you arrive next fall, don't freak out ifyour living situation doesn't seem ideal atfirst--if it seems, perhaps, a little too quiet ora little too boring. A happy school year does notnecessarily require a view of the Yard, proximityto Store 24 or an entryway that resembles the setof animal House...