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...that young Hannibal Lecter doesn't have his kinks. That last image of Mischa not only haunts him, it nourishes his derangement, like broth for a sick child. It encourages him to raise sadism to an art, his murders as elegant as Japanese flower arrangements, as dramatic as the flourish of a Z from Zorro's blade. Hannibal the swordsman-calligrapher slashes X's on his first victim. Later he inscribes the letter M, for Mischa, all over one of the men who had killed and consumed...
...school who has studied the company. A classic example: the way it trains us to order in Starbucks jargon, grande this and half-caff that. Serving tens of thousands of possible drink combinations would be an operational nightmare were it not for a regimented logic to ordering, a marketing flourish that helps establish the atmosphere of an Italian café. "The fight in any company is [that] marketing wants more things for the customer and operations wants less," says Frei. "The thing that is so beautiful with coffee is that they did both...
...been very, very supportive of Passim. They value what we bring to Harvard Square and to the community,†she says. “They are the good guys in our opinion. They have made it possible for a folk music club like ours to really flourish in the Square.†The former owner of The Grolier Poetry Shop on Plympton Street, Louisa Solano, also credits Harvard with helping her store survive when it was struggling.Frank Kramer, the owner of the Harvard Book Store next door to Grolier, also believes the University, which is also...
...esplanade that, if all goes as planned, will become part of 47 miles of new harborside walkways. Diller and Scofidio have used the same wood to create a wide outdoor staircase that doubles as a bleachers-style seating area. It's located just under the ICA's major exterior flourish, a fourth floor that cantilevers 80 ft. into space like a giant diving board. The hope is that the stairway will become a gathering spot like the Spanish Steps in Rome. It won't have the advantage of being surrounded by Rome, but unlike the sunbaked and overcrowded Spanish Steps...
...yards to capture the 200 breaststroke in 2:04.13, Wollner took the 500 free in 4:34.59 and Dan Jones, in one of the most exciting events of the night, beat his twin brother Bill to the wall, winning the 100 fly in 49.86. The meet ended with a flourish, as the crowd cheered the Crimson to victory in the 400 freestyle relay. Rathgeber and freshman Dan Furman swam the first two legs for Harvard, dropping the team behind Columbia by about an arm’s length. Bill Jones swam a critical third leg, however, pulling up on Columbia...