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There are large differences between your average ironist—a grubby, unkempt faux-Francophone—and the regal presence that is the rarer (yet equally Francophone) “cerebral” ironist. The contrast is like that between mules and donkeys. The former are much like “You Oughta Know”-era Alanis Morrisette, in that they are more properly defined as social satirists than ironists proper. Their most raucous displays of irony are when they attend “The Wedding Date” high, just so that they can snicker loudly...
...speeches on Harvard’s official website. But more often it seemed to be unconscious, like the people we all know who keep getting into embarrassing scrapes until you eventually realize that it’s their way of making themselves the center of attention. With Bok, by contrast, you always knew that the institution came first. People may have thought of him as dull, but my guess is that he never minded that as long as Harvard seemed exciting. I don’t think it’s any accident, for instance, that when he retired...
...students while other communities that have just as high housing costs as we have are gaining [students],” Nolan said, referring to the increase in school enrollment reported by Lexington and Wellesley. The two towns boast median house values of $417,400 and $548,100, respectively, in contrast to Cambridge’s median house value of $398,500, according to City-Data.com for the year...
Historically, Harvard’s official search committees have only turned to student and faculty bodies in perfunctory consultations. This tradition lies in stark contrast to the modern norm of comprehensive search committees, which in Harvard-lingo would include Corporation members, Overseers, faculty, staff, and students dealing with the nitty-gritty of the search process; the Corporation’s final seal of approval (as a solo act, that is) would become the perfunctory gesture, rubber stamping the collaborative process it had been forced to engage...
...Crash earned some rave reviews--notably from Roger Ebert, who recently said the movie ranks with the best Dickens novels. He has pegged it to win the top Oscar. Other reviews read like hate mail. Fueled in part by that stark critical contrast, Crash became, as Cheadle puts it, "the quintessential watercooler movie. It also gave people a way into a discussion that most people don't want to reference. No one wants to say, 'You know I was yelling at this Chinese guy in the store the other day ... ' or 'This person called me a name...