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Admittedly, recent years have seen these traditional New England distinctions become less defined. An issue once polarized by figures such as Henry Cabot Lodge and James Michael Curley, class conflict is today very subtle. As a result, Harvard is losing its image as the pinnacle of Brahmin culture. Today, Harvard strives to straddle all social, economic, geographical, and racial barriers in its pursuit of excellence...
...story, Walsh said, stands out in his mind.In the early 1940s, James Michael Curley, "themost famous mayor Boston ever had," heard O'Neillspeak...
Once O'Neill arrived, Curley gave him anexplanation. First, O'Neill bored people; second,he talked down to them instead of to them; andthird, he didn't leave them with a message theyremembered...
...Curley shared his own strategy--poetry--andfrom that day on, O'Neill ended every speech witha poem, Walsh said...
...stuff of comedy? No, not exactly. It is the pretext for comedy -- wonderful comedy, maybe the best of the year. For The Snapper (the word is local dialect for a baby) isn't really about making mistakes. It's about how, as Sharon comes to term, the Curley family all come to terms with what she's done, with themselves and with the little gossiping corner of the world they inhabit...