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...Lewis. “I’ve put pecans in it this time! I tried it out last night—I had to try it—since nuts really shouldn’t be a part of fellowship if at least someone isn’t familiar with them! Fellowship, at the parsonage, again: can you even believe it, Winnie!”“Just barely!”“And the rain is holding off! This’ll just be something special!” She was dragging...

Author: By Nathan D. Johnson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Featured Fiction Part Two | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...Cambridge Center for Adult Education on Brattle Street -- familiar host to many a sketchy Harvard party -- has reportedly been slapped with a cease and desist order from the friendly neighborhood fire department. That means yet another rare Harvard Square party venue is rendered effectively dead, and as a result, Harvard groups that hoped to plan parties in the popular space are out of luck...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir | Title: Just Dance? Not at the CCAE | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...poems, her themes are timeless. Her words are heart-felt and artfully laid out. The poems are lively in their melancholy and accepting in the face of mortality. Passionately human, “I Went Looking For You” is a collection that feels at once familiar and astounding...

Author: By Susie Y. Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Poet Waxes Personal, Nostalgic | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...constructed make-believe family and not the intimate goings-on of reality. Though the Western viewer may be confused by the casually dressed lawyer, the small open store-front of the theatre, or the way that Nanay yells and hits a passive Alan after hearing of his irresponsibility, those familiar with the nearly universal characteristics of a Filipino city and familial dynamics will be moved by the accuracy with which Mendoza captures the environment of his characters.By the end of “Serbis,” no problems have been resolved. One cousin throws his clothes into a backpack...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Serbis | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...with his national-security principals; plotting his approach to Iraq, Iran and North Korea; and consulting at weekly private sessions with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. For the most part, in these meetings, he has been composed and restrained. But on one issue Obama has openly expressed frustration, aides familiar with the meetings say: the inability to get humanitarian aid to civilians affected by the war in Gaza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Obama, Helping Gaza Is Harder Than It Looks | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

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