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Oscar Wilde once resolved, “Somehow or other I’ll be famous, and if I’m not famous, I’ll be notorious.” This is not as easy as it sounds. Oscar could make one flippant remark about his blue china and find himself catapulted onto the national scene. I make a lot of flippant remarks about a variety of things, and I can’t even get onto GossipGeek...
...qualities are ones that many Harvard students have had ascribed to them (accurately or not) since infancy, and stars in these domains often leave them unfazed. This is why there is something quirky about Harvard’s celebrities. In a sea of excellence, those who manage to be famous must also be, in a way, notorious. Whether by appearing on reality television, writing a sex blog, or just being extra abstinent, these celebrities set themselves apart from the common run of overachievers by doing something no one else can. And until I can coax out some talent...
...Social distance isn’t as large as you thought on Hajj, and maybe that’s the learning you come out with,” Khwaja said. “Once you think a Muslim European is good, then maybe all Europeans are, too. A famous example of this broader learning may have been Malcolm X and his letter from Hajj, [in which] he attributes rethinking his views on race to performing the Hajj.” —Staff writer Ahmed N. Mabruk can be reached at amabruk@fas.harvard.edu...
Memo to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt: the next decade may prove to be a difficult one. As the world's most famous adoptive parents, the actors may be alarmed to hear that a new study shows being adopted approximately doubles the odds of an adolescent being diagnosed with a behavior or emotional problem. Furthermore, the findings open up the question of what's behind that increased risk - adoptive parents or genetics...
...Beijing's security concerns over the Olympics, however, are probably behind the new measures. In Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong's famous warren of drug dens, second-hand cell phone shops and budget hostels popular with petty traders from overseas, dozens of stranded merchants mill around helplessly. Many hold passports from a list of 33 countries, mostly from South Asia and the Middle East, whose citizens are now barred from applying for any entry permit to China in Hong Kong-a sign, perhaps, of China's concern about a potential Muslim terror threat. Mohammed Salim, a Karachi-based trader who makes...