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Writing seems a fairly poor method for relating a memoir. For most of us, memories exist as visual experiences. As such, a more exact duplication of memory would require the use of a visual medium. Movies, obviously, would be one way, though cost and production are prohibitive. But painting and other static visual media have limited narrative possibilities. Comix therefore, offer the perfect vehicle for memoir, being not only inexpensive, but combining both the visual and narrative components essential to conjuring up the past. Two recent books, one about growing up with a disabled brother, the other about living through...
...constituted a breach of contract and undermined his program’s mission to help manage Russia’s transition to capitalism. A “disregard for ethics,” the government argues in court papers, taught Russians a lesson that was “the exact opposite from the one Harvard was paid to promote...
...editor had an urgent message as I returned from a screening at 6:45 p.m. one Wednesday before Christmas. Leonardo DiCaprio had agreed to talk with TIME. Talk with me, to be exact. I explained that I was supposed to leave for the theater in an hour to see the Broadway "La Boh?me" directed by Baz Luhrmann, DiCaprio's once ("Romeo + Juliet") and future ("Alexander the Great") collaborator. That's OK, my editor said, Leo will be calling you in 10 minutes...
...think the exact words that went through my head were, ‘We’re right there. We’re there,’” Merchant said about his mind...
GSAS requires that all students request and pay for their semester pass by Jan. 8 so the school can order the exact quantity...