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...says friend Andrew H. Golis ’06. “He is not nearly as intimidating as some would have him be.” In fact, Amutah has his softer side: he is a TeaLuxe devotee and adores his mother’s farina, a traditional Nigerian dish. He arrived at Harvard hoping to become an entertainment lawyer, but shifted gears to pursue advocacy and social change, increasingly conscious of his Trenton, N.J. roots. He switched concentrations from English to African studies, and developed an affinity for Marx. Amutah criticizes Harvard students who realize that their career...

Author: By Francesca T. Gilberti, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Chimaobi O. Amutah | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...Here I is," squeaked the famous Our Gang character a few moments later, before dropping into a baritone so deep I thought it was James Earl Jones. "Farina, Stymie and I only spoke that way in the movies because white people wrote the scripts," Buckwheat explained. "Our parents and teachers would never let us get away with speaking anything but proper English when we weren't working. The Kingfish usually speaks properly too, but he's hoping that since Black English is back in vogue, he can make a comeback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EBONICS ACCORDING TO BUCKWHEAT | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...tidbits and quirks--Horatio Caine (David Caruso) is divorced; Gil Grissom (Petersen) is an atheist--but the job comes first, second and third. L&O's cops are even less well defined, and that has helped the show survive the gradual loss of its original cast. (This season Dennis Farina replaced long-timer Jerry Orbach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Crimetime Lineup | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...leafy Edgebrook neighborhood of Chicago. Both boys are sobbing because Reilly, the beefy family dog, knocked Ryan over. In a blur of calm, purposeful activity, Nevins, who is 8 months pregnant, shoves the dog out into the backyard, changes Ryan's diaper on the family-room rug, heats farina in the microwave and feeds Brendan cereal and sliced bananas while crooning Open, Shut Them to encourage the baby to chew. Her husband Joe, 35, normally out the door by 5:30 a.m. for his job as a finance manager for Kraft Foods, makes a rare appearance in the morning muddle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case For Staying Home | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...certainly mastered the technology to design and build amazing weapons of war. But how much greater a nation we would be if we put more of our talents and resources toward benefiting humanity rather than toward killing. HARRY FARINA Coral Springs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 5, 2003 | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

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