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...explored. There were wonderful stage productions at the Brattle Theatre, of which Engene O'Neill's "the Hairy Ape" still rings vivid in memory. And at the Kenmore cinema I saw my first films with subtitles. (The foreign films at home tended to be made by Frank Buck or Martin and Osa Johnson and to feature gorillas and large snakes...
...newsman TOM BROKAW sent the graduating class of Connecticut's Fairfield University into the marketplace with this earnest aphorism: "It's easy to make a buck but hard to make a difference." Easy for him, anyway, especially if he decides to make a difference to the Cable News Network. A few days after the ceremony, the New York Times reported that CNN had offered Brokaw, 57, a $7 million-a-year gig. That's $3 million or $4 million more than the anchor is making now, and Brokaw's NBC contract expires Aug. 30. But outlandish sums often crop...
After Kasparov's loss, a Wall Street Journal editorial issued a stern warning against viewing technology as a threat ("Sierra Club thinking"). After all, the Journal reminded us, Deep Blue is a product of human genius. So buck up! When you turnpike-toll takers lose your jobs to E-ZPass and other electronic systems, just remember: E-ZPass is a product of human genius. There. Feel better...
...saddened that our national political discourse has recently been polluted by despicable racial bigotry. The cover of the March 24 issue of the National Review features the President, First Lady and Vice-President as Asian caricatures replete with buck teeth and slanted eyes. Each caricature wears Asian clothing: a traditional peasant garb, a Mao suit and the attire of a Buddhist monk, respectively...
...think junior Faculty are underpaid and that ways should be found to increase the compensation that they get," Buck said. "It's in Harvard's best interest to attract the junior Faculty that we need...