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...feels a bit like joining the family business,” she said. “It’s a very special moment...
...There was a bit of a divide within Dudley House between people living on their own in apartments and people living in the Co-ops,” Pizer said. “The Masters had their teas, there were intramural sports things, but most of us in the Co-op were not particularly involved in those things...
...It’s a little bit of an embarrassment” for Harvard, as well as an obstacle in recruiting talented LGBT students who do not perceive Harvard as being particularly gay-friendly,” Jennings said...
...There’s still a little bit of arrogance and the perception that, ‘We’re Harvard; everyone wants to come here,’” he added...
...trying to be rude. He was drunk. Informed that I am an English professor, he responded, "Why?" He explained that his mission in life is to save lives. Mine is to say clever things about dead writers. Prodded by his wife’s grimace, he backtracked a bit and reassured me that Shakespeare is "obviously important." Praising Shakespeare is how the world apologizes for its lack of interest in literature. Those of us who have devoted our lives to literature are dogged by this perpetual questioning of the worth of our work...