Word: crowd
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Harvard years.Later this month, Whitehead will embark on a tour to promote his new novel, “Sag Harbor,” an excerpt of which appeared in The New Yorker’s Winter Fiction Issue. Last time he was in town, in 2006, he drew a crowd of 75 people to the Brattle Theatre, according to Heather Gain of Harvard Book Store. This time when he is in Boston, he will read at Porter Square Books on May 7. When asked about the reading, Ellen Jarrett, who is in charge of organizing events for the bookstore, says...
Before a packed crowd at the Institute of Politics Forum last night, David Plouffe—President Obama’s former campaign manager—spoke about the highs and lows of the campaign trail as well as the importance of the campaign’s volunteer force...
...weekend—last year Crimson ace Shawn Haviland ’08 described his feelings towards the Bears: “They don’t like us, we don’t like them.”Awaiting the Harvard players will be a hostile Rhode Island crowd.“It’s always pretty intense when we go down there,” senior Tom Stack-Babich said. “Their coach is fiery and they feed off that. It’s always a pretty heated battle.”But the tough...
...publisher of Rolling Stone magazine vehemently denied that print media was becoming obsolete before a crowd of eager students yesterday afternoon. “Let’s talk about the idea that print is dead,” the publisher, William Schenk, said. “I think it’s ridiculous.” While many periodicals have gone through a difficult period, Schenk said that magazines would ultimately survive because of their tactile nature. “When you put a beautiful glossy advertisement in a magazine, it creates an emotional connection that no other media...
...appears. Obama, as Bosworth intimated, has to let a decent interval pass after the U.N. reprimand lest he appear to be caving in to pressure from Pyongyang. He can't dawdle, though. North Korea continues to be a serial proliferator of missile and nuclear technology. More sanctions, the diplomatic crowd argues, aren't obtainable, as the recent U.N. exercise showed, and in any event they don't work against a regime that seems to enjoy pain. The only way to get a grip on the danger the North poses is to instigate direct talks as soon as it is reasonable...