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...into television versions of the films—have found their way off the cutting room floor. Author Mario Puzo comments in his narrative and Coppola’s interviews reveal how frighteningly close The Godfather came to never being made. Add cast biographies, a Corleone family tree, Academy Award acceptance speeches, and a rare audio recording of Rota’s musical musings, and the result is an indispensable set. The trilogy is a little pricey, but with elegant packaging highlighting the aging Corleone patriarchs, this is a cinephile’s dream; truly this...
...Look At Me, which was a finalist for this year’s National Book Award, strong sociopolitical commentary dominates an intricate literary framework. The novel weaves together the seemingly disparate stories of several complex characters: a second-rate model whose face has been completely reconstructed in the aftermath of a serious accident; an introspective teen distinguished by her utter lack of beauty; a history professor whose personal intellectual revelation has both ruined and redeemed his life; and a math teacher who has ruthlessly and repeatedly reinvented himself. The action of the novel unfolds in two very different sites?...
Since Wiley’s disappearance, rumors have circulated that he was perhaps distraught about not winning the Nobel Prize in 1996, when two scientists working on similar research received the award...
Jack L. Strominger, Higgins professor of biochemistry at Harvard who shared the Lasker Award in 1995 and the Japan Prize in 1999 with Wiley, said that “from everything I know, there is no possibility that he committed suicide...
...freshman Mike McKenna was last week’s ECAC Goalie of the Week, racking up 30 saves in his team’s victory against the Friars. Earlier this season, McKenna’s partner in crime, fellow freshman Kevin Ackley, also won the Goalie of the Week award. McKenna leads the ECAC with a .917 save percentage, and Ackley is third in the conference at .908. This does not bode well for the Crimson, who failed to score in 26 shots against Kelleher...