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...been able to choose the president, I would have chosen Elena, but that comment does not reflect negatively in any way on Drew Faust, whom I genuinely expect to be excellent,” said Fallon, who said he does not know Faust personally...
...would not say whether Cech had been offered the job, though he winked when asked. Reischauer added that Cech “was a serious candidate,” but would not comment further...
...rumors of Drew Gilpin Faust’s selection as University president circulated yesterday, reporters attempting to confirm the story encountered unreturned phone calls, repeated “no comments,” and closed doors. The staff at the Radcliffe Institute, where Faust is currently dean, remained mum, though four staff members were seen milling in front of Faust’s office shortly before the workday ended. Standing in a group, rather than working at their desks, their demeanor suggested that something had happened during the day, but all refused to comment. Radcliffe’s official spokeswoman...
...homosexuality, Mailer’s narrator reveals that he “took a hand in the jury’s deliberations” at the 1895 trial of Oscar Wilde. But rather than condemning Wilde’s unjust imprisonment, the result of Mailer’s comment is to excuse it—turning an act of persecution and intolerance into an unavoidable supernatural intervention into human affairs. The novel does contain some wonderfully rendered scenes near the end, as when Adolf reacts to the burning of his father’s beloved bee colony...
...Taboo,” with Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz this spring. There was no specific occasion for Pinker’s appearance on the show, as he has not published any major works in the past year. A Comedy Central representative said she could not comment on why Pinker was chosen as a guest. —Staff writer Claire M. Guehenno can be reached at guehenno@fas.harvard.edu...