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Meanwhile, authenticity-oozing and utterly non-threatening minorities bust off walls and crump-dance on street corners, all the while bobbing their heads to the hypnotic “Hung Up” melodies emanating from a massive ’80s boom box (far more “Say Anything” than “Do the Right Thing?...
...might expect Harvard to be embarrassed by such a former leader. But the man responsible for these undeniably, irrevocably hateful words and actions is still held in high honor by the University. The azure-domed House on Mt. Auburn Street bears his family name; a stately bust of Lowell himself perches to one side of its picturesque courtyard. The Lowell Dining Hall bustles today with countless students its namesake would have undoubtedly labored to keep out—thriving undergraduates who happen to be female, gay, African-American, Jewish, or anything other than members of Lowell?...
...hundred yard performance of the season.“Other than Thursday walk throughs, he hadn’t practiced [before last week],” Murphy said. “Just seeing him practice hard, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, anyone out there could tell he was ready to bust out for a big game.”Murphy and Dawson had both downplayed the role of injuries earlier in the season, fearing that opposing defenses might take advantage of knowing that Dawson was hurt.Dawson currently places second in the Ivies with 743 yards rushing on the season.FOURTH AND THREEHarvard looks...
...Line” at the Brattle Theatre at 6 p.m. The novel carries readers through 1980s London, a period which—for narrator-hero Nick Guest—is cataclysmic on two fronts: first, as a young and privileged Englishman in the dizzying boom-and bust-climate of Thatcherism; second, as a gay man at the dawn of the AIDS crisis. Such high-stakes political, moral, and social issues could easily overpower a less skillful writer, turning the novel into mere sermon or satire. But Hollinghurst and his fictitious alter-ego are far too smart for that.Instead, we meet...
...last year's Ivan could trigger a shortage by putting even a few of the remaining U.S.-based refineries out of business for a few weeks. Yet the industry is reluctant to build more refineries, Gheit says, because "they've been burned before. It's like the boom and bust in real estate...