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...were worried about whether we would be able to cover costs," said event coordinator Erica S. Simmons '99. "But then we got a slew of responses, and a couple of alums were very generous, and we were able to cover them no problem...
...Harvard has been so generous in giving us this space for free," Irving said. "We would like to convey our appreciation to Harvard real estate and the University for their generosity...
...Celebrity Series artists are generous this year--Ohlsson gave four well-chosen encores, beginning with a sansculottes Revolutionary etude, and continuing with a glib. graceful Mazurka (Op. 30 No. 4), an ostentatiously fast and harrowing C-sharp Etude (Op. 10 No. 4), and a morsel of Scriabine farfallonery, the Etude Op. 49 No. 3. In effect these encores were four excellent piano lessons...
Entrees offer the same bold flavors. A generous fillet of salmon is "lacquered" with sweet mustard and served atop a bed of tender miniature Beluga Lentils ($22). The salmon is served slightly translucent at the core, perfectly cooked but slightly ovepowered by the salty lentils. Oven Roasted Halibut balances its flavors better, topped with sauteed chanterelle mushrooms, baby lima beans and a sweet corn pudding. The tart lemony sauce metes out the sweetness of the corn pudding and the chanterelles complement the mild flesh of the fish...
...father breaks into the song My Yiddische Mama between rosaries only to have his altar-boy son later edit the writings of the Lubavitcher rebbe; and on the "dead parents and overbearing parents...the fears of emptiness and the hopes of bounty" that inform such God-wrestling. So generous and natural a memoirist is Dubner, however, that awareness of his book's formidable double motor recedes in our pleasure at his recollections...