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...assistant professor in fall 2005.The History department hired Trygve Van Regenmorter Throntveit ’01 as a lecturer after most of his dissertation committee retired or decided to take time off. “I pitched a few classes to them, and I guess they took the bait,” he says. Apart from a year taken off before his PhD—which he completed at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences—Throntveit has been at Harvard for 11 out of the past 12 years.For Timothy P. McCarthy ’93, a lecturer...
...What is your motivation to write revised fairy tales? GM: I wanted to write books of ideas that people would read; I used fairy tales as a kind of bait and switch. I thought readers would think it would be relaxing, and they would not have to work too hard. But I also hope that without actually even noticing it, you have to think about the things that I have written about—the themes. I write books primarily about the themes and not about the plot...
...thought that John McCain’s attacks on Obama had backfired and had actually cost the Republican candidate support. When McCain attacked Obama’s experience in an effort to sway public opinion in his direction, “Obama didn’t take the bait,” Schwartz said, casting a negative light on McCain’s campaign. The two candidates’ approaches to engaging the public were also drastically different, Schwartz said. While Obama’s platform centered around the mantra of “We can fight together...
There are many observers who don't buy Plouffe's spin. They view the move into McCain's home turf as simply a tactical way to bait him to spend precious time and resources in the last few days, all the while boosting the aura of inevitability around Obama. And the Democratic nominee can certainly afford it. But Arizona Democrats insist they truly do have a legitimate shot at winning here. "Obama has taken us up to the 30-yard line. Now it's our job to get the field goal," says Maria Weeg, executive director of the Arizona Democratic...
Obama, Barack •McCain's bait repeatedly not risen to by •possibly complacent supporters are warned, "Don't underestimate our ability to screw...