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...there than childcare. O’Mary says Wilhelm encouraged him to apply to the White House internship, even making a call on his behalf. By the summer, O’Mary had been installed in the Chief of Staff’s office, where he languished in boredom...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Guy Behind the Guy | 4/22/2004 | See Source »

...baccalaureat is but a tradition, a form in like measure uninspiring to speaker and listener. It is without doubt more difficult of performance than an after-dinner speech. The speaker cannot crack jokes with the same freedom: while the audience cannot endure the boredom with the same keen delight as when resting upon a full meal. Moreover the sermon is never so sorry that one willing to, can not individualize it profitably. And what other earthly use is there for the Sunday preceding commencement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WORDS FROM THE WISE | 4/21/2004 | See Source »

...parent with the purchasing power or the child reader? Parents are the gatekeepers and the ultimate actors behind the sales of these books. But some parents who review children’s books on online review forums such as Amazon.com give detailed accounts of their children’s boredom, disinterest or genuine dislike of their books, and they have taken action accordingly. Though children are at the end of the consumption chain, their position is important nonetheless...

Author: By Lisa M. Puskarcik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: If Celebrities Could Write Books | 4/16/2004 | See Source »

...some point or another, boredom or egotism leads students to type their names into the Google search engine. Typically, such a search turns up a body of fascinating information: high school swim-meet times, math tournament statistics and the like. However, Aidin E.W. Carey ’07 recently Google-d her name only to come across something quite a bit scarier...

Author: By Laura H. Owen, | Title: An Unwilling Posterchild | 4/15/2004 | See Source »

...psychedelic boom, here the Elves seem to be doing their best R.E.M. The album has a warm, folksy sound, immersed in twanging banjo and shuffling guitar. The consequence of this, from a band used to more complex arrangements, is that Beggar Boys ultimately suffers from boredom, especially around the middle of the album where simplistic roots-rock anthems like “Evil Eye” are so unengaging that it’s hard to believe that this is a band with not one but two full concept albums behind them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Music | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

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