Word: books
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Jedediah Purdy '97, the Generation-X author of a book denouncing cynicism, quietly ambled to the podium for a book reading at the Hasty Pudding Institute yesterday evening...
Purdy has gained national media attention since his book, For Common Things: Irony, Trust and Commitment in America Today, was released earlier this year. And now, despite his unassuming manner, the 24-year-old Yale Law student has emerged as a role model for many...
...Number of extra copies of Janet Fitch's White Oleander printed after it was selected for Oprah's book club, up from...
...begun by telling us briefly that Lombardi arose from an ethos built on the trinity of church, family and a few years as assistant coach at West Point, that would have been enough for us to appreciate what follows. Because once Lombardi reaches Green Bay and the Packers, the book soars like a game-winning field goal...
...more likely to get away with corruption if you do it by the book. That may be the lesson from the case of former Indonesian dictator Suharto, who on Monday was let off the hook by a government corruption inquiry that found no evidence that he?d diverted state funds into his own charities ? even though it turns out some of those charities were receiving public money and then loaning it to private corporations. But Suharto may be benefiting from the narrow terms laid down for the inquiry initiated by his handpicked successor, President B. J. Habibie. The official probe...