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...great majority of the Harvard population, being articulate is not a skill that I have cultivated. The static on my phone line is not generated by electronic interference, but by my own communication difficulties. I fully embrace the prolonged ellipsis, the parenthetical "you-know-what-I-mean" and the awkward pause. Rather than punctuate my fragmented sentences, I let them trail off into my preferred word of closure: "whatever." To the well-trained listener the frequent "like"s that corrupt my language keep an expert tempo--to the rest, I babble...
...wants to protect. The initial political expediency of supporting the president over these last months has translated into a weakened credibility for the organization. I agreed with the force of Ireland's comments on "Larry King" but couldn't help thinking that their effect was blunted by the awkward timing. The juxtaposition of Ireland's comments and the president's acquittal by the Senate was just too close. I wish she and her organization had been there then as well as now. Susannah B. Tobin '00 is a classics concentrator in Lowell House . Her column appears on alternate Thursdays...
...Long Hard Road Out of Hell, suggests lingering childhood issues --He wears fake breasts; could be awkward at McGowan family reunions --Given his penchant for trashing hotel rooms, they may have trouble booking a honeymoon suite...
Audrey Schulman's second novel, Swimming with Jonah is about Jane Guy, "the awkward, insecure child of a world renowned physician and a beautiful Bostonian ballerina" who goes to attend Queen's Medical School on a tiny Indonesian island. Queen's is the last chance for extremely wealthy students who have failed to get into any medical school. Tuition is the only requirement for acceptance. Isolated and outside the jurisdiction of American law, Queen's is "the boot camp of medical schools," motivating its students by any means necessary--namely bullying and psychological abuse. According to the publicist, thrust into...
...with Glamorama, Ellis' most recent product, the applause has ended. Most say the book is lousy due to a nerdy narrative (models pose as international terrorists), way too many "droppings" and an awkward "moral" at the end. Critics wish this novel were more understated like his classics American Psycho or Less Than Zero...