Word: downrightness
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...unintended consequence of marriages like my former classmate’s is that young folks are making life-altering decisions largely informed by sexual desire. And as millions of people can testify, desire waxes and wanes and can point us in what we later realize to have been downright ridiculous directions. So why should unrealized sexual desire be a legitimate motivation for marriage...
There weren’t many chances for Harvard defenders to turn in big plays against Holy Cross on Saturday. But on the few occasions that the Crusaders threatened to crack the stalwart Crimson defense, Ricky Williamson was just downright selfish...
...overburdened; Nathans is right when she insists that saddling the Houses with an additional 100 first-years each will only exacerbate problems. But the answer is not sticking with the status quo, which leaves many first-years deeply dissatisfied. The current system, which is drastically inconsistent and at times downright unfair, often provides first-years with little beyond impersonal study card signings and, if lucky, a couple of superficial sessions of stock questions and answers. Many first-years are advised by proctors who tend to be too far removed from the Harvard undergraduate experience to be of any help...
Friday night was the annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards ceremony. As with any awards the recipients ranged from well deserving to downright baffling. Michael Chabon, author of the comic-themed novel "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay," delivered the keynote speech lamenting the lack of comics for kids. Accusing the industry of abandoning children, he laid out some suggestions for re-capturing what used to be the medium's core audience, including putting actual kid characters into kids comics. In spite of its critical nature, the speech was met with strong applause. Highlights of the awards included Derek...
Sweden's murder rate, for example (167 in 2001), is downright puny compared with ours, but that hasn't stopped Henning Mankell. His latest novel, The Return of the Dancing Master (New Press; 391 pages), gives homicide a moody elegance. The victim, Herbert Molin, was a retired police officer with a fondness for jigsaw puzzles who lived in a remote, wooded part of the country. So why would somebody take the trouble to whip every inch of skin off his back and the soles of his feet? And why would that person leave behind bloody footprints in the pattern...