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This July, after a brief cleaning and renovation, Summers assumed residence. Now, his tennis rackets grace the entryway and family photos hang throughout the house along with art from the University’s collection. The mansion’s library, now augmented by Bok, Rudenstine and Summers, still contains volumes from the Lowells’ original collection...
Lobby, therefore, for the future production of all works of art delayed, indefinitely postponed or outright canceled. Only when those pieces peacefully grace our pages, our cinemas and our theaters, will we know that we have survived this assault and persevered as a truly freedom-loving and freedom-embracing people...
...only has an influx of freshman changed the composition of the team, but the loss of junior co-captain Grace Bloodwell has sapped some experience from the squad...
JHUMPA LAHIRI, Pulitzer prizewinning author: "I've reread Franny and Zooey. There is something reassuring about Salinger, and I also wanted to read a novel set in New York City. Though it is a dark story, Salinger's New York family survives their difficulties with humor and grace...
...muted--staying in their seats, keeping to themselves--and appreciative. "They say thank you," Stephenson notes. "They give you a pat on the shoulder, and tears well up in our eyes." When the plane lands safely, he sees a look of relief on their faces. They must recognize the grace and courage of workers they so long took for granted. They should also recognize the flight attendants' sense of humor--which is to say, a sense of proportion. "I was talking to other flight attendants," Stephenson says, "and one woman said, 'On my flight a passenger got a little snippy...