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...early years of many masters of the macabre, Peake's childhood was happy and contented. The son of a doctor with the London Missionary Society, Peake was born in Kuling, China, in 1911 and lived there until he was 11 years old. As a boy, he learned 600 basic Mandarin characters from a Chinese calligrapher, causing later observers to remark on the strange way he held his pen. After his family returned to England, Peake finished his education at Croydon School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools...
...been calling for regulation for three years," says Howard Nussbaum, president of the American Resort Development Association, a trade group. He believes basic consumer protections that would have prevented the kind of losses experienced by Tanner & Haley members will be in place in some states by spring. But even then, prospective members will need to ask tough questions...
Watching The Good German, you feel the unease, the discontent, of its makers with their basic material. They pile up style points as they flirt with quite sober issues involving loyalty and guilt. The result is a movie that is never quite amusing but never quite mordantly thought provoking either...
...eliminating the UC, will reassign many of its current duties to other separately selected councils and committees. Under this plan, the current UC would be one of four branches of the greater undergraduate student government, and each body would specialize in its own area—advocacy, events, grants, basic services. After talking with Brian, I am convinced separating different tasks will fix the current flaws. But don’t trust me—check out Brian’s extensive explanation on his Web site www.briangillisforuc.com/gilliswimberley and see for yourself...
...birth of the CEB is carried to its logical end in Brian’s plan. A newly proposed grants board would consist of students elected specifically for the purpose of financial administration. A student government services board would consist of those who want to manage basic student needs, such as supporting student groups and the student body. The third member of the overarching Harvard undergraduate student government would be the already thriving CEB, and the fourth member would be our familiar UC—now able to focus on advocating change for students. The activists and advocates...