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...Corrigan described the subsequent success of “Check Point” and its curious reception in northern Nigeria, where the “Calawood” film collective produces more conservative films for the predominately Muslim community there: “The Censor Board’s blurb on the cover of ‘Check Point’ reads: ‘The best movie we’ve ever censored.’”—Staff writer Ryan J. Meehan can be reached at rmeehan@fas.harvard.edu
...kool-aid that keeps everyone’s tongues as bright as their spirits, and their minds blissfully unaware of their neighbor’s intentions to step on their head in the climb up the social/academic/banking ladder. Her cartoons will, hopefully, be a bit less confusing than the blurb you just read, and maybe a bit more uplifting. Judge for yourself on Mondays...
...looks like the archetypal embodiment of New England aristocracy. One of America’s most prolific writers, Updike also togs up rather nicely. But is he all that different than so many other men posing on the covers of their books? The dust jacket blurb is surprisingly humble until it reaches the end: “Reading ‘Due Considerations’ is like taking a cruise that calls at many ports, with a witty, sensitive and articulate guide aboard—a voyage not to be missed.” How about this for a deal...
...came to appreciate the Bible academically, from the history of its creation to its later influence on pretty much all of Western literature. However, absent was the deep spiritual and emotional connection with the good book that I had heard so much about from televangelists, Mel Gibson and the blurb on the back of my unbought Teen Bible at Wal-Mart. As fate would have it, an acquaintance, Caleb L. Weatherl ’10, the Vice President of the Harvard Republican Club, was door-knocking in my dorm for new members. When he asked me to join, I respectfully...
...based on the number of times a woman is mentioned in the press, her resumé, and “the size of the economic sphere over which a leader holds sway,” according to the list’s companion article. The list’s blurb on Faust cites her status as the University’s first female president, her numerous academic prizes and teaching awards, and the size of Harvard’s endowment—which was around $30 billion at the time of the list’s publication?...