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Richard’s recent remarks in The Guardian of London seem almost scripted for the Harvard community after the Summers-faculty flap...
...other to start the to-and-fro of pleasantries that might very well lead to mention of coffee, no, strike that, a drink nearby, but she’ll be damned if that half-somnolent insect didn’t provoke the hand that in a few flip-flap motions scotched that fantasia altogether...
...Pabst, who was close to hiring Marlene Dietrich before Brooks said yes, knew that the Germans would be outraged that an American flapper was playing their Lulu, a character that was nearly a national icon. (Imagine the flap in Britain if this were announced: Brad Pitt is James Bond.) But they couldn't resist Brooks' fresh approach, which painted Lulu as a naif with bad taste in beaux. A carnal Candide, a blithe arsonist of men's hearts, she has no calculation in her, just a knowing or beckoning smile. Her face makes a kind of smile when...
Saadi, for his part, said he doesn’t follow campus politics enough to judge Gutmann’s merits as president. As for her prospects for leading Harvard in the wake of the photo flap, he said, “I don’t know much about Harvard—I know there are scandals at Harvard...
...cover ever conceived for a novel of his. The front is plain red with a shovel-shaped cutout on the front. Remove the dust jacket and you’ll find an overly colorful illustration of exotic, chaotically-growing flowers and weeds. According to the summary in the inner flap, the picture apparently depicts Boo’ya Moon, “a place that both terrified and healed him.” The “him” refers to the titular character’s late husband; the place may have had an impact...