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...matures from her experiences and blooms into a beautiful, intelligent, stately young woman (again). “Peterson’s Holiday Helper: Festive Pick-Me-Ups, Calm-Me-Downs, and Handy Hints to Keep You in Good Spirits,” by Valerie Peterson This is the perfect gift for your WASPy friends (at least if the stereotype rings true to you). It’s got tradition, with a classic holiday red, green, and white vintage-looking cover with some holly and berries. And it’s got your alcohol—it fits three glasses into...
...Muslims, which is why his New York Times best seller extolling the virtues of forgiveness and the Christmas spirit might surprise some. The Christmas Sweater is a short novel about a young boy who gets a sweater for Christmas instead of a bike, resents his mother for the gift and then plunges into darkness when she dies soon afterward. The book is semiautobiographical - Beck's mother committed suicide when he was a teenager, and he was a longtime alcoholic. TIME spoke to Beck about his past addictions, why he despises politicians and how he's glad CNN's research department...
Faust added that $5 million of a recent $100 million gift from longtime Harvard benefactor David Rockefeller ’36 had been earmarked for arts initiatives, such as those proposed by the task force...
...league. Staff credited Bok heavily with the reform, saying that his position as interim president allowed him to make this change with “minimal political fall-out.” “Derek Bok recognized the significant hindrance of our nonsensical calendar and gave students the gift of a modern schedule,” Staff said. A previous attempt at changing the calendar had failed under Bok’s first term as University president in 1974. Nicholas Lemann ’76, president of The Harvard Crimson in 1975 and current dean of Columbia?...
...convert anybody. When was the last time Buddy the Elf quoted the Bible? I can’t remember either. If it’s arguing over whether to put white or colored lights on a friend’s tree, or planning a kick-ass Secret Santa gift, Christmas provides a prime bonding opportunity with friends and family, as well as an outlet for all that extra energy not spent on studying for midterms. Nothing gets the holiday message across better than the perfect $5 gag gift from CVS. And beautifying your sad white walls by covering them with...