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...what. The temptation to walk along the river or play tennis for a couple hours might win out over spending the day studying in Lamont uninterrupted. As opposed to the inches of slush that usually accompany days at Harvard and keep us inside where we can focus on work, the sun might trick us into taking a break. A trip to Berryline to break up work on a paper would completely derail your train of thought. Aside from the fifteen minutes you would waste walking to and from the store, it would take you at least five minutes...
Despite the show’s title, Gervais is hardly its focus. Instead, it is Karl, whom—despite his utter lack of stand-up, writing, or acting experience—Gervais has called “the funniest man alive in Britain today.” Over the last decade, Pilkington has become Gervais’s pet project, if not his pet. He is a fool, and also a genius...
...Arts’ (OFA) Harvard Jazz Program and the Harvard Jazz Bands will organize a tribute concert for James Moody, the saxophonist who was recently named the 2010 Harvard University Jazz Master in Residence. Moody’s broad scope of works, both old and new, will be the focus of the event “Moody’s Moods: The Music of James Moody” in Sanders Theater...
...July Notebook: The Birds,” “August Notebook: A Death,” and “September Notebook: Stories.” It is as though Hass were a keen, observant scientist, jotting down the results of his studies in his personal notebooks. His focus shifts back and forth from the specific details of nature to the personal narratives of characters in his poems...
...their behavior is also consistent with a desire to appear reasonable, maintain the illusion of good-faith negotiations and insulate themselves from charges of carrying the industry's water when the negotiations fall apart. We saw this movie during health care. And if you focus on the fundamentals - political and substantive - instead of the latest Washington kabuki, the path to passage is a lot harder to envision than the path to oh-well-maybe-next-year. (See the top 10 health care reform...