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...Pea—but unlike the Princess who is wonderfully reformed by the trick her suitor plays on her, the proud young woman gradually grows old and ugly and dies. No fairy tale fan wants to read a story like that.Schwitters’ collection is at greatest fault, not in its mislabeling, but in its lack of imagination. The intelligence at work behind these stories is generally apparent, but this fact outpaces creativity more often than not. Their existence seems contingent on Merz (the movement Schwitters founded in 1918—and his pseudonym during his life?...

Author: By April B. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fairy Tales Horrify, Numb | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...sometimes the whole thing comes unglued, as it did last year when she posed for Vanity Fair clutching a satin stole to her bare chest. Then it seems as if the fault lines in the culture run right through her. Reactions to the photo ranged from outrage on her behalf to outrage against her, along with told-you-sos and no-big-deals. A 16-year-old can hardly be expected to grasp the nuances of such tempests, so it's understandable that Cyrus sounds coached on the subject: "I'm here to be a role model...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miley Cyrus Meets Hannah Montana, At the Multiplex | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

Both Holoshitz and Flores said they did not fault the UC or the deans for communication problems, which they said were more systemic in nature...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UC Calls For More J-Term Housing | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...shouldn't be forgotten - but the game changed after the Russians were kicked out of Afghanistan and the terrorists focused their attention on both the U.S. and Pakistan, where they now reside. Zardari insisted the presence of Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar on Pakistani soil wasn't his fault. "They were pushed [into Pakistan] by your great military offensive [in Afghanistan]," he said sarcastically. "For seven years nothing has happened, and now we are weak and you are unable to do anything about it ... I've lost my wife, my friends, the support of my countrymen ... and in eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomatic Surge: Can Obama's Team Tame the Taliban? | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...member of Senior Class Committee—which sponsored the lottery with the Harvard Alumni Association—said it was an “unfortunate situation that happened because of a technological glitch.” She said that none of the SCC members were at fault...

Author: By Margherita Pignatelli, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Red Sox Ticket Sale Goes Awry | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

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