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...most difficult part of his work is dealing with amateurs who make earnest but misguided proposals. His job is to provide thorough and rigorous evaluation of proposed research projects, even if that feedback is negative...
...undeniable that Presidents have an impact on the popular culture. There was Jack Kennedy, who led to the one-man destruction of the hat industry, and his wife, Jackie, who used the White House as a forum for various forms of art. In more recent times, the earnest style of Jimmy Carter gave way to the Reagan years and D.C. was instantly transformed into what style writers excitedly called an era of elegance. OK, it may have been your grandfather?s idea of elegance - shiny, mothball-smelling tuxes and glazed denture smiles - but it was certainly a change. From...
While most students part for home, House Superintendents will begin work in earnest...
...election jockeying begins in earnest this week. Sharon, 72, could face opposition within his party from several colleagues, including former Finance Minister Meir Sheetrit and the popular rising star of the right, Silvan Shalom. Netanyahu's supporters may also try a parliamentary maneuver to push for a general election, undercutting Barak's anti-Bibi move...
Come on, you know you love The Importance of Being Earnest. But do you know the other side of the story? Shorlty after the play's premier, Oscar Wilde underwent a series of trials that landed him in Reading Gaol as a sodomite. The trials made Wilde a criminal in his own day and a hero in ours, and they now form the basis of Moises Kaufman's ingenious play Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, in production in the Loeb Experimental Theater this weekend. The play received widespread acclaim Off Broadway, and its Harvard incarnation is sure...