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...such lack of pretensions makes Death of a Harvard Freshman effective and amusing even to readers who have and will never be able to confirm Silver's lyrical description in the ravioli in the Freshman Union. Rather than letting Harvard overwhelm her story, Silver keeps her view affectionately mocking, her landscape tiny. Jane Austen once described her own novels as etchings on a square inch of ivory, rather than canvases to dominate a room. That strategy, it seems, could only help the vast majority of Harvard novelists...
...traditional standards, Kuralt's stories often are not news at all. They are authentic, uplifting Americana-folksy, but never cute or dismissive. He looks for people, sometimes whole communities, who have offbeat pursuits or experiences, and he takes them seriously. He seeks "stories that confirm that this is a remarkable country." Over the years, Kuralt has profiled an Iowa farmer who built a yacht in his barnyard, a retired West Virginia coal miner who sculpts statuary in coal, and the arcane Florida ritual of "worm grunting," catching bait with the use of wooden stakes and truck springs. Some...
...Foreign Relations Committee voted 15 to 2 for confirmation, with Sarbanes and Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts casting negative votes. The hearings had lasted 32 hours over five days with one evening session. Among my recent predecessors, beginning with John Foster Dulles, only one, Henry Kissinger, had been subjected to more than a day of hearings. On Jan. 21, the day after the Inauguration of Ronald Reagan, the Senate voted, 93 to 6, to confirm my nomination as the 59th Secretary of State...
...money was found last night by two freshmen, it was announced at the concert Undergraduate Chancel members were reportedly unable to reach the two to confirm the recovery...
Police refused to confirm the identity of the man although Neumann's identification cards were the only ones on the body, Keebler said...