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...There are many translations of those first two lines, and this is not the one Jarmusch provided - but due to my inability to write fast enough in the dark, I'm using that of Wallace Fowlie, an authority on French poetry. Fowlie, who died in 1998, devoted entire semesters of teaching at Duke University to Dante and Proust, which sounds like serious stuff, but he was noted for his fine sense of humor. I have no doubt that, confronted with The Limits of Control, he would have offered a fresh translation, "As I was going down that impassive narrative...
...states convene at an emergency conference in Luxembourg to define and coordinate a response - and a unified travel advisory. "During these meetings we will ask our European colleagues to consider the suspension of flights going to Mexico," France's Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot told reporters after meeting with French president Nicholas Sarkozy to discuss the flu scare. But France won't advocate suspending flights returning from Mexico, as that would strand thousands of passengers, leaving them in a scramble to find other ways out of the country and potentially increasing their risk of exposure to the virus. (Read a brief...
...expert on modern European history, she speaks German, French, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, and Italian. She praises the language courses at Harvard to which she always refers students seeking to do research in a particular region. Even she has taken up Italian classes in the Romance Languages and Literatures department in preparation for her next book on the port city of Trieste...
...Jasanoff’s reputation in the history world. Jasanoff is especially interested in the question of cultural mixing, which she explores through her research on modern British history and British imperialism. Her first book, “Edge of Empire,” examines how the British and French expanded in India and the Middle East through the lives of art collectors. “I felt like they were on the frontiers of cultural exchange,” Jasanoff explains. This ability to analyze history through unique perspectives and narratives has garnered Jasanoff great respect...
...Theater, $5 general admission / $27 for book signing. 4.For those who are oh-so-excited it’s May: Then get ready for Harvard Square’s 26th Annual MayFair. Roam around as the neighborhood comes alive with vendors, food, activities, and performers (including our own Chester French). Don’t miss out on the Hot Air Balloon rides! ($20) Sunday, May 3, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Harvard Square, Free 5.Making a difference with your reading period free time: Help Project Bread make strides toward ending hunger in Massachusetts. The 2009 Walk for Hunger...