Word: english
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bout them Red Sox?" One imagines old men sitting on dusty porches in Texas, commenting for the 63rd consecutive day that they seem to be in the midst of a dry spell. Once, on a tour bus in France, I sat next to a very old Japanese man whose English was entirely limited to the discussion of pleasant weather. Periodically he pointed to the sky and said, earnestly, "It's fine." He was a nice man, but I have to admit it was an extremely boring conversation...
...Hammond in a 1936 document preserved in the Harvard University Library. Saradjeff was supposed to be a genius of ringing--a tortured but prolific composer of carillons with an ear tuned to the exact pitch of bronze. His face had been horribly disfigured during the war. He spoke no English and had a history of epilepsy. Without delay Saradjeff retired to the basement of J and K entries to tune the smaller bells, a cacophonous process involving endless tapping and filing. For weeks he wandered from bell to bell like the crazed ringmaster of a campanological circus...
Although Judy Budnitz '95 was a VES and English concentrator, her most recent work and first novel, If I Told You Once, reads more like a disjointed Folklore and Mythology course text. Before embarking on the novel, she commented, "I have to outline it before I start, which kind of takes the fun out of it." This is close to what actually happened, for while her collection of short stories, Flying Leap, received critical acclaim, If I Told You Once lacks the candor, unexpected plots and zany characterizations of her first work. Budnitz's new book emerges as a poorly...
...Harvard's newest student publications, Zalacain attempts to provide a deeper cultural and literary perspective on the Hispanic and Latin American experience with opinion pieces, news articles and literary contributions. Zalacain accepts fiction, poetry and essays in English, Spanish, Portugese and indigenous languages as well. The editorial board will consider submissions in other languages, as long as they are pertinent to the magazine. The magazine also publishes photographs. Submit at the Woodberry Poetry Room or email zalacain@hcs.harvard.edu...
...rally, at which Perl-Matanzo spoke in both Spanish and English, the crowd chanted "Stop the bombing, Peace in Vieques," and, in Spanish, "Navy, go to hell...