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If nothing else, Harvard professors are a smart bunch, and their paths to Harvard’s storied halls have been paved by pronounced senses of can-do. But, to throw an old adage on its head, we seem to have arrived at a place in which those who can...

Author: By Emily R. Kaplan | Title: Speaking Genius | 1/22/2007 | See Source »

Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and former dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 scathingly criticized Harvard’s curriculum in his book “Excellence Without a Soul.” “Harvard teaches students,” he writes...

Author: By Jordan L. Hylden and Jordan D. Teti | Title: Excellence Without a Soul? | 12/19/2006 | See Source »

And that's just filling in Lecter's curriculum vitae. At the end of the 1999 book, Dr. L had managed to hypnotize or brainwash Clarice, and we were left with the image of the killer and his favorite pursuer ensconced in Buenos Aires as a contented couple. Will the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Becoming Hannibal Lecter | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

Though Peake's talent is indisputable, the source of his marvelously twisted imagination is elusive. Unlike the early years of many masters of the macabre, Peake's childhood was happy and contented. The son of a doctor with the London Missionary Society, Peake was born in Kuling, China, in 1911...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Master of the Dark Arts | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

The dramatic landscape of England's Lake District has long acted as muse to artist and writer alike. It's easy to imagine nature enthusiast and future [an error occurred while processing this directive] poet laureate William Wordsworth getting inspired during his visits in the early 19th century, rent in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lakeland Lark | 11/11/2006 | See Source »

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