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...Absence a woman sits down at her typewriter to "create a story that possessed a granddaughter, a Boston fern, a golden apple, and a small blue cradle," only to discover that one of the keys, "a vowel, the very letter that attaches to the hungry self," won't work. The story about this deprivation unspools like a Mobius strip, since it too is told without the use of the letter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fashion Statements | 5/29/2000 | See Source »

Weld Professor of Law Charles R. Nesson '60, who says that three years ago he and his wife Fern were offered the Pforzheimer House--then North House--mastership, recalls having dinner in the House with only Lewis, who was overseeing his first master search, and a tutor...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer and Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: A Master Selection Process | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

...dinner went well. Fern thought I could have been more enthusiastic, but I thought I was pretty enthusiastic," Nesson says, adding that the questions at dinner aimed to determine "if we were authoritarian types or not, if we'd be eating there or not, if we were going to make the environment flower...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer and Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: A Master Selection Process | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

...dinner went well. Fern thought I couldhave been more enthusiastic, but I thought I waspretty enthusiastic," Nesson says, adding thatthe questions at dinner aimed to determine "if wewere authoritarian types or not, if we'd be eatingthere or not, if we were going to make theenvironment flower...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Making A Master Match | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

...movie as a comedy falls short of its goal.While there are moments of comic relief, feelingsof disgust and revulsion overwhelm any possibleamusement. Additionally, a formulaic script leaveslittle for character development. Only Fern,(Whose desire to have friend is heartbreakingbecause her honest plights is ultimately taintedand controlled by Courtney), and Courtney herself,are characters which make you feel something otherthan neutral toward them...

Author: By Annie K. Zaleski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jawbreaker Leaves a Sour Taste | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

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