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...second selection, “Shéhérazade,” shifted the atmosphere Eastward with lightly skittering strings backing the evocative melodies of mezzo-soprano guest artist Susan Graham. Graham carried the audience through the emotional narrative suggested in her performance of three poems, Tristan Klingsor’s “Asie,” “La Flûte enchantée,” and “L’Indifférent.” First wistful, then almost conversational, Graham engaged the audience with her poignant renderings of longing...
...Though he did recurring TV guest bits, George didn't make the big bucks playing a dad or a lawyer on one of those long-running series whose residuals have provided silk cushions for hundreds of lesser actors. Few actors can accept only the roles they love in guaranteed masterpieces. George was a working actor, who took projects as they came his way. He once observed with a grunt and a smile that of all his work in the '80s he was probably best known as Tom Hanks' scowling, finally humiliated future father-in-law in the rowdy film Bachelor...
...Coen brought a few guest with him to talk at the media session, and one was particularly vocal about her novice status at a college football press conference...
...cause of academic freedom proud this week.Bollinger was harshly criticized from all sides for hosting a forum with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the controversial president of Iran, and attacking Ahmadinejad in a fiery introduction. But by inviting a powerful and important—though abhorrent—figure and peppering his guest with pointed questions, Bollinger showed the true nature of academic debate: that all are free to speak but none are free from scrutiny.The controversy surrounding an invitation to an Iranian president is not alien to Harvard, which last year attracted similar ire, albeit on a smaller scale, for hosting Ahmadinejad?...
...Harvard took us to Target,” says Payne, “[And they said], you have two hours here, it’s on the Harvard credit card.” Payne remembers how being able to decorate his room made him feel less like a guest at Harvard and more like a student. “[With] even something like a mirror or a desk light, we got to feel like Harvard was our home,” he says...