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...London accent that spreads into surrounding counties and is loathed by many for its supposed sloppiness. I'd have to turn my "ow" into more of an "aow," my clipped "beck" into an open "baaack." That means I'd be taking the opposite journey to My Fair Lady's Eliza Doolittle ("It's 'aoow' and 'garn' that keep her in her place," sings Professor Higgins, lamenting Eliza's way with words like "oh" and "go on"). So I have a choice. I could work on my "ohs," "oos" and "ows," and try to be a bit more slack about consonants...
...Times. Like several of the other fellows, he will focus his studies the U.S.’s interaction with the Islamic world. Filkins’ research will examine the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and look at the relationship between the Western and Islamic worlds after September 11th. Eliza Griswold, another Nieman fellow and a freelance journalist whose byline has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine and The New York Times Magazine, will study the antagonism of Christianity and Islam in nations along the Tenth Parallel. International fellows researching the Middle East include Finnish editor...
...address, most don’t expect their Teaching Fellow (TF) to broadcast section feedback to their entire class. Last Thursday, Joshua S. King, the head TF for English 13, “The English Bible,” accidentally sent out an e-mail meant only for TF Eliza E. Young to all 166 students enrolled in the course. King, who had taught Young’s Thursday afternoon section as a substitute, described the students as “kind” but “sleepy.” He went on to make notes regarding...
...cocky, self-absorbed father who demands perfection in his son, Aaron (Max Minghella), and wife, Miriam (Juliette Binoche). He points out a spot his wife misses on a pot she cleans, he obnoxiously corrects his son on minor details, and he never pays attention to his introverted daughter, Eliza (Flora Cross)—that is, until she wins the local spelling bee. Saul, a theology professor, insists that his daughter’s spelling powers are intrinsically connected to Jewish mysticism, which, of course, means her powers would be best spent in winning the national spelling...
...other runners for the Crimson all placed within the top 100 in the 252-member field. Senior Laura Maludzinski finished in 21:55.5, 36th overall, while sophomore Sarah Bourne was 70th with a time of 22:33.3. Rounding out the scoring for Harvard were sophomores Lauren Walker and Eliza Gardner, whose times of 22:37.6 and 22:52.9 were good enough for 71st and 89th, respectively. The Crimson’s 271 points placed Harvard in a tie with Dartmouth for ninth in the team standings, 184 points behind winner Boston College. On the men’s side, junior...