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While his style is similar to American contemporary Edward Gorey, Peake's bizarre sensibilities were less cruel. He enjoyed great critical acclaim as an artist during his career - he was commissioned by the Queen Mother to do illustrations for her grandson Prince Charles' nursery in the 1950s - but he was largely ignored by the literary observers of the time. Kingsley Amis once called Peake "a bad fantasy writer of maverick status...
...Politkovskaya’s death, the Chechen campaign, or even the Kremlin’s nuclear dealings with Iran, the media has made its criticism on the basis of irrational and sensationalistic fantasy scenarios. As comparisons with the luckier spy James Bond flooded in, The London Times’ Edward Lucas recommended the West got ready for a new Cold War. The Financial Times’ John Thornhill nostalgically remembered Churchill calling for Europe’s union against Russia, while The Daily Telegraph opined the West was losing patience with Putin. And of course, The Sun?...
...meeting could not have been less contentious,” Glimp Professor of Economics Edward Glaeser said. “The consensus in the room was that there would only be a mild increase in enrollment. We just thought it was important to give students this option...
...suck.” 1:27 p.m.—Up last are the Sinister Turns, who are using the occasion to promote their new EP. Ever the diplomatic easy-goers, the band is reluctant to denounce their adversaries while they set up their equipment.Keyboardist and occasional trombone player Edward R. Sherrill ’08 is more Lennon than Lenin as we discuss his band’s intentions for their set.“In a weekend filled with hate, vitriol, and violence, we’re really trying to bridge the gap with our rocking tunes...
...foot Jew, what can the UC do for you?” shouts their campaign squad outside the Science Center. According to Hadfield, in elections the “campaign tactics are most important.” Ali A. Zaidi ’08 and Edward Y. Lee ’08 have taken a more theoretical approach to their campaign. “We’ve tried to resist the slogan based culture,” says Zaidi, citing their slogan “I am Harvard’s Promise” as more of a maxim...