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...avid reader of books and articles on a variety of topics ranging from art to politics to science, Pinker finds stimulation in more departments than his own. The opportunity Harvard offers to be interdisciplinary is a boost to creative energy. “I write these long sprawling books that cover everything from war to art to religion to brain science. Being in a place that has experts in all those fields is a real attraction...
...Melbourne retirement village, garnered his Claymation creator a nod for Best Short Film (Animated) at next week's Academy Awards ceremony. Up against toon titans Pixar, Disney and Blue Sky, Elliot and his tragicomic creation, who endures Tourette's syndrome and testicular cancer before seizing the day as an avid animal liberationist and nudist, is perhaps the ultimate underdog. (Seven years ago, an Oscar went to a similarly off-kilter outsider - Shine's Geoffrey Rush, whose presence as Harvie Krumpet's narrator lends the film an added poignancy.) "I deal with characters who are different," says Elliot...
...closest equivalent, and direct inspiration in the Sunday New York Times - specifically in its magazine and its Arts and Leisure section, with essayish reports on social trends and features on and criticism of music, film and art. But the Times, like most journalistic enterprises these days, is avid to get younger; ?CBS SM? is content to be late middle-age (though it keeps in excellent shape). I don?t mean to shove this notion in the show?s face, but ?CBS SM? is a newsmagazine show for alter-kockers...
Desk: Jones appears to be an avid reader. Her bookshelf includes Al Franken’s recent Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Beginners’ Swedish, and a collection of Steven Pinker books. Kauble happens upon a ball of yarn. “Oh, she’s a knitter!” he exclaims. Upon further exploration, more balls of yarn emerge. “She’s obviously going all out on this—she’s got three balls of this shit! She must be making a whole wardrobe...
...theater is a welcome addition to the neighborhood according to Jinny Nathans, president of the Harvard Square Defense Fund, who has been an avid supporter of the project...