Word: bittersweets
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Sittenfeld's first novel, Prep, was the sleeper hit of 2005. It tells the bittersweet, perfectly observed story about Lee, a quiet Midwestern girl who tries, with decidedly mixed results, to fit in at a breathtakingly preppy Eastern private school. To the surprise of many, not least its publisher and its author, Prep spent nine weeks on the New York Times best-seller list...
Many other singers had better pipes or more agile techniques. But nobody transformed a song into something as deeply personal and affecting--and swinging--as Holiday. In these two discs, her reedy, frayed-at-the-edges voice, teasingly lagging the beat, instinctively breathes the bittersweet essence of the jazz life. What's more, she is surrounded by the finest sidemen of the era (1935-42), including pianist Teddy Wilson and her musical and emotional soul mate, tenor saxophonist Lester Young...
...wife is planning suicide. 1994’s “Durang/Durang,” an evening of six short plays, includes a Tennessee Williams-inspired, gender flipping parody, titled “For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls.”BEYOND HARVARD For Durang, Harvard holds many bittersweet reminders of his undergraduate years—memories that he might revisit this weekend, during his visit.You might find Durang visiting Weld (his freshman dorm), or checking out his old stomping grounds at the Loeb Experimental Theater. It was there that he directed at Harvard for the first time...
...totals of 79 and 73 to place in a tie for fourth, four shots behind winner Austin Luher of Army. Senior D.J. Hynes closed out his career with rounds of 79 and 75, placing Harvard’s leader seventh. “It’s kind of bittersweet to end,” Hynes said. “It was great to finish on a high note at the Ivies last weekend,” he added. Hegge finished third on the team, tying for 15th overall with rounds of 83 and 76. “The three...
...found himself behind in the count. “It’s a tough spot to hit in,” he said, “you know? I don’t care how good your stuff is.” In the end, Harvard took a bittersweet comfort in that it lost not because of chaotic defensive play, as was partly the case two weeks ago, but because it was simply “overmatched, plain and simple,” as Walsh said. “There’s not a whole lot of regrets...