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...suspect. The son of Jean Kennedy and the late Stephen Smith, William is described as one of the least spoiled and least arrogant of the young Kennedys. Instead of entering a profession where family connections make a difference, he went to Georgetown University Medical School after graduating from Duke. He helped his mother in her arts program for the handicapped, and gave a eulogy so moving at his father's funeral earlier this year that he outshone Arthur Schlesinger...
...took, and did exceedingly well on, a barrage of standardized tests, from the SAT to six Achievement Tests, to the LSAT and the GRE. All the schools to which he applied, including Duke University, the University of Chicago, three University of California schools and Harvard, accepted him. Only Yale rejected...
...Duchess defies all rules of decorum to seduce the current proprietor of her household, the charming Antonio Bologna (Cullen Gerst). But her protective brothers, the Cardinal of Ancona (David Gammons), and Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria (Sean Gullette), are alert to the Duchess' behavior. They assign Bosola (Suzanne Rose), a soldier of fortune, to spy on the Duchess' activities. In the end, each participant in this affair pays the highest price for their deceitful lifestyle...
...Theses (HSB-18), Aristotle's view of It Happened One Night(MR 34) and Rembrandt's Night Watch (L&A B-25). Someone else might learn about religious revivalism in Sri Lanka (SA 36), ancient Chinese tribal patterns (HS B-2), the theology of Maimonides (MR 19) and Duke Ellington's "Take the A Train...
Obfuscatory course titles and eccentric reading lists frequently are wedded to a combative political agenda or outlandish views of the nation's culture and values. At Duke University in North Carolina, an English-department course uses plays and films to pursue the theme that organized crime "is a metaphor for American business as usual." Another Duke offering condemns a heterosexual bias in traditional Western literature; its professor has written about such topics as "Jane Austen and the masturbating girl...