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John Henry F. Hinkel: The story is about a father of three, Richard Young, who gets diagnosed with testicular cancer. The film takes place in the week leading up to his surgery. It follows his attempts—and failures??to repair the relationships with his kids and wife, who basically think he’s a dick. The film is a comedy though, and there aren’t necessarily a lot of films that take cancer and comedy and put them together...
...learn, for one thing, not to take the Cleveland Indians of the world lightly, but rather to give them their due. We should learn not to confound our institution’s legend with our own successes and failures??neither to gloat over our Harvard predecessors’ glory, nor to feel unworthy when we try our best and still fall short of their accomplishments...
Kirby’s legacy will not be one of a visionary or one of steady progress. Instead, despite his occasional successes, such as the growth of the Faculty and FAS construction projects, and his visible failures??the shaky oversight of the curricular review, his haplessness in the face of Faculty unrest—he will most likely be remembered as a necessary sacrifice whose departure precipitated the final undoing of Larry Summers...
...accrue a track record impressive enough to compete with the SAC clan remains to be seen. Traditionally, SAC members make more attractive candidates because they can tout specific reforms such as 24-hour libraries and universal key access, while CLC leaders are much more vulnerable because their failures??events like the Afterparty and Booze Cruise—are so visible.Then again, the UC’s role in social planning is going to be a top issue in this year’s presidential race, which could mean a CLC candidate is more welcome than usual...
...Very few people have the kind of first-hand experience with the UN—its successes and failures??as Ambassador Gold does,” she said...