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...years, ran out of time before he could write a long-envisioned book on his Polish homeland. But from the apartment he and his pediatrician wife Alicja shared in a working-class district of Warsaw, he pounded out articles and gave interviews right up to his final hospitalization. In contrast to Kapuscinski's astounding output, Herodotus left only The Histories. In its opening passage, the ancient scribbler declares that his purpose in writing - stunningly ambitious for the era - is "to prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time." The Histories, concludes Kapuscinski, is an "expression...
NASCAR, by contrast, seems, despite all the grease, clean. Wholesome. As it roars round the track, it climbs ever higher in the public's affection and esteem. It celebrates things about the American character--power, speed, courage, risk taking, fun--that we are reluctant to surrender, at least psychically. And thanks to Bill France Jr., it celebrates national inclusiveness...
...disheveled feel of those images stands in sharp contrast to the run-up of the election, when campaign manager Tracy E. Nowski ’07 enforced a professional appearance by prohibiting sweatpants and sweatshirts and personally selecting Sundquist’s outfits on some mornings...
...difference this year has been conspicuous. Attendance at Master’s Open Houses has soared, and for Deb’s birthday, scores of Quincy students crowded the Junior Common Room (JCR) to surprise her. In sharp and telling contrast, when Kirshner returned for a visit in May, only a handful of students went to see him. Perhaps this is because, as master, Kirshner rarely deigned to mix among the common folk in the dining hall, much less take the time to learn our names and activities...
...Comparing religious studies at Harvard to other places, there is a contrast in the level of understanding and appreciation of religion as an academic discipline,” says the committee’s outgoing director of undergraduate studies, Thomas A. Lewis. He is leaving for Brown, where the study of religion is administered by a full-fledged department...