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...Belgium, introducing Graham Greene to a doctor running a leper colony in the Congo, but "very problematic." Indeed so. The love of ambiguity and restless sense of privacy that made Greene one of the defining writers of the past century rendered him a mystery in life, even to himself. Fifteen or so years before his death, perhaps as one of his celebrated pranks, the aging novelist appointed an intrepid Joseph Conrad scholar, Norman Sherry, to be his official biographer. In the 28 years since his appointment, Sherry followed Greene to more than 20 countries, got dysentery in the same mountain...
...Fifteen years later, Lou still hasn’t recovered. As his friend, I feel responsible for helping get this hunky senior back in the game...
It’s hard enough for hyphenees right now. Those aforementioned cruel SAT bubbles only allow space for last names fifteen letters long. “Hinniker-Schoenberg” turns into “HINNIKERSCHOENB.” After they get into college, hyphenees also face discrimination based on what that hyphen says about their background. During the Pring-Wilson trial, CourtTV analysts speculated that the defendant’s hyphen might make him appear richer and haughtier than he deserved. The result? An innocent hyphen might be responsible for Pring-Wilson’s six to eight...
...shadows nearby, and as it rounded the corner, he spotted a stainless steel miracle—a bike rack, gleaming under the streetlights, affixed to the grill of the nighttime savior. He approached it eagerly, and spotted instructions attached. Pull, drop, heave, slip, stretch, and release. Done. Fifteen seconds later, Dartboard was sitting in the front seat of the shuttle, admiring his handiwork perched on the other side of the windshield...
Tuesday night was not your typical Office of Career Services (OCS) meeting. Fifteen Harvard students sat on the sixth floor of University Hall viewing screen-projected Zen mantras such as “Follow Your Heart” and “Lighten Up.” As most students were silently taking notes in planners already bursting with career information and corporate flyers, one brazen Government concentrator raised her hand and to ask a loaded question: “Do I really, secretly, deep down, in my heart of hearts, know what I want from my life and career...