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...DIED. RAY CHARLES, 73, pioneer soul crooner who blurred the lines between R& B, pop and country; in Beverly Hills. (See Essay...
Written with the clipped diction of a trained economist, Wolcowitz’s essay, “The First Day of Class,” addresses common problems encountered by new lecturers—and is clearly informed by his experiences as an assistant professor and lecturer in economics at Harvard...
...personal essay, Updike described his experience at Harvard as a slightly awkward metamorphosis period between a fairly secluded childhood and the butterfly-like confidence of young adulthood. But even if Harvard was Updike’s cocoon it has figured rarely in his oeuvre. While his short fiction in particular—more than a dozen short story collections spanning 50 years—echoes his own biography, only one story explicitly draws on Updike’s undergraduate experience. A 1963 piece called “The Christian Roommates” centers on the first-year experience of Orson...
...ESSAY: Walter Kirn on the costly but irresistible summer drive...
...CONFERENCE Photo Essay Images from the summit Verbatim Quotes from the speakers Conference Wrapup The lessons learned at the summit Conference, Day 2 Agreement on exercise, but little else Conference, Day 1 The TIME/ABC News Obesity Summit lays out the problems