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...Making a Timely Exit In "The Fine Art of Dying Well" [March 12], Charles Krauthammer observed that timing is everything, even when it comes to death. This reminded me of three deaths that occurred on Nov. 22, 1963. Many Americans recall it as the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, but few remember that two prominent British men of letters died on that day as well. Talk about being overshadowed. One of them was C.S. Lewis, the Christian apologist and writer of children's stories; the other was Aldous Huxley, the novelist and essayist, member of the famous Huxley...
...Walter Reed is an acute-care hospital that has had to reinvent itself into a rehabilitation facility to care for soldiers with wounds that they never would have survived in previous wars. By and large it has done an excellent job. Failing to identify the excellence at this fine institution will no doubt have a negative impact on morale, and that, in the long run, hurts those who come in harm's way. We could do better for our wounded, but there is no scandal here...
...Incest-Fest. What is it? Believe me, you don’t even want to know.LEVERETT: Leverett is famous for its 80s dance, its physics-related study breaks, and not much else. A nice dining hall (often filled with DeWolves at mealtimes) and comfortable digs make Leverett a fine, if inconspicuous, place to spend three years.LOWELL: Ah, Lowell. So pretty—that bell tower, those chandeliers! So shitty—the rooms, so poorly laid-out as to be almost laughable, are among the worst on the River. The themed Stein Clubs are an acquired taste, but House pride...
...aspects of the language are most puzzling to English speakers but may be weaker in their knowledge of slang and proper pronunciation.“Initially I was a bit hesitant since I had never actually been to a Swahili-speaking country, but I said ‘okay fine, I’ve learned it so I can definitely teach vocabulary and grammar,’” says Nkyekyer.Pillsbury also had doubts, but they were the opposite of Nkyekyer’s. She had mastered casual conversation, but the nitty gritty details had never been tested...
...Annual Turkish Film Festival kicks off next Thursday at the Museum of Fine Arts. The first film in the line up, “Ice Cream, I Scream,” promises to be a delectable and eccentric adventure...