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...that Foer--it's one syllable, "like the number four"--isn't funny and charming, because he is. But there's something deeply, essentially earnest about him. Gone are the bow ties: he dresses to disappear, in a gray sweater and blue jeans. He is neither hip nor cool. Skinny and delicately handsome, he looks even younger than he is. He doesn't go out. He is a vegetarian...
...Bissonnet Street, adjacent to the rail. Also nearby: the Menil Collection--one of the country's most distinguished troves of 20th century art, in a serene, minimalist setting--and the Rothko Chapel, designed by artist Mark Rothko and home to 14 specially commissioned works in undulating shades of black, gray and violet...
Specifically, Wiener criticizes the conduct of an external review committee appointed by Emory to investigate the allegations against Bellesiles. All three of that committee’s members have strong ties to Harvard. Hanna H. Gray is a member of the Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing body. Stanley N. Katz ’55, a professor at Princeton, received three degrees from Harvard. Ulrich joined Harvard’s history department...
...perhaps the most absurd passage of a thoroughly absurd book, Wiener writes: “Gray, Katz, and Ulrich are guilty of…suppressing inconvenient evidence, spinning the data their way, [and] refusing to follow leads that didn’t serve their thesis.” But Wiener never explains what evidence was suppressed or what leads weren’t followed. He gives his reader no reason to believe that Gray, Katz, and Ulrich spun their data...
...understated Wiener’s reach. His book has received positive press in national publications and has garnered praise from well-known writers, including Howard Zinn. Wiener’s prose is fluid, but he veers off course when he fires salvos at Thernstrom, Gray, Katz, and Ulrich. The Crimson is proud to be among those lambasted by Wiener. We’re in good company...