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However, it's another story on the other side of town--down by the river in my concrete estate. I leave Lamont and the Yard, sinking my head into my scarf. I veer out of my way to choose the brightest and most populated streets. But in Harvard Square after 10 p.m. on a weeknight, it's no easy task to find people outside. I closely follow whoever is walking towards the river, pacing myself on the heels of random students who must wonder why I appear to be stalking them. Yet there is always a stretch I must...
John Kerry and Republican Governor William Weld provided the best and the brightest political campaign in the country this year. Kerry, whose intelligence and commitment have kept him from being totally overshadowed by the state's senior Senator, Edward M. Kennedy, engaged in eight debates with Weld, the likable fellow who steered Massachusetts to economic recovery. Weld may have gone down to defeat because voters wanted to keep the best of both worlds. As former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas said, "There is a sense here that Weld has done a great deal for this state, and I share that view...
Harvard has one of the brightest population of students in the world. These bright people's families are all paying approximately $30,000 a year (or as much of that figure as they can afford) in tuition, etc. Bright people being what they are, many notice when they do not get what they paid...
...imagine if someone walked in and watched a bunch of the so-called "Best and Brightest" screaming "SEX!" at the top of their lungs...
...generously. Cynthia, a factory worker, has another daughter, balky Roxanne (Claire Rushbrook), "with a face like a slapped arse," and a younger brother, Maurice (Timothy Spall), whom she raised but to whom she has not spoken in two years. "Cynthia's really very capable," notes Blethyn, "although not the brightest." So when Hortense shows up, it is a shock and an opportunity. Secrets will be revealed, and lies made truth, at Roxanne's 21st-birthday party, held by Maurice and his stressful wife Monica (Phyllis Logan). Catharsis is achieved a mite speedily, but the family has earned so much pity...