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...short, humorous work of this as well, but he hesitates to mock what is clearly a personal issue for him. Hints at autobiographical despair culminate in the revelation that the only solace from a painful world is found on the glossy surface of mass-produced bond paper.The novel is framed as the journal entries and correspondences of forty-something Staples employee Roger Thorpe. The office supply megastore is not an unusual choice for Coupland, who has made it a signature of his work to poke fun at the ubiquitous brand names that have swallowed the American landscape. (It will hardly...
...Another part of Kerr's chameleonic character was her red hair, a dramatic frame for her pale skin. For her three Colonel Blimp characters she had worn it in different shades and styles, from upswept scarlet to sensible russet. She was a natural for Hollywood in the postwar years, when more movies were made in Technicolor, and red was the fashionable tint for an actress. Yet in her most famous film role - anyway, film scene - she went platinum blond...
...fall. “We’re actually very close to the initial projections on the duration of this project,” he said during a tour of the facility yesterday. “It’s still falling within that six to seven-month time frame that we were hoping to achieve.” Shift schedules have already been sent to undergraduate employees to begin work within the next several weeks, according to Hilary L. Lewis ’08, who worked at the MAC until the renovations began. The renovations were designed to improve...
...Chen ’09 arrives at The Crimson calmly prepared for a challenge. As she picks up her 24 dollars for her 24 hours of designing, she is nonplussed when the theme of Metropolis is revealed. Two hours later, Chen, sporting purple slip-on shoes and black-frame glasses, is ready to go. Walking down rainy Mass Ave. to the Goodwill in Central Square, Chen explains her philosophy behind her creations: “I design clothes because I’m cheap,” says Chen, laughing. As Chen hustles through the Goodwill, dodging a rather large...
...game, and the squad took the game, 30-23. The Crimson dominated in all facets of the game, out-hitting (.269 to .178), out-killing (42-38), and out-digging (32-28) the Lions. CORNELL 3, HARVARD 2 In a back-and-forth match that culminated in a fifth frame with four lead changes and a final score of 16-14, Harvard and Cornell proved evenly matched, but the Big Red took the contest, 3-2 (30-17, 32-34, 30-17, 26-30, 14-16). “It came down to just a couple points...