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...decided to focus on writing. “He had this weird thing where he’d be hunched over the typewriter kind of like Glenn Gould over the piano,” says McArdle. “He’d type with one finger on each hand, incredibly fast. He’d just be concentrating, so focused, it was like somebody watching TV. You’d have to say [his name] several times to get his attention.”After graduating with Middlesex’s highest honors, Sunstein brought his intellectual curiosity...
...Greg has the alarm clock in his hand, banging the shit out of it trying to make it stop,” says Docken, “This is the guy who President Obama’s gonna wake up in the middle of the night when he’s in the middle of a crisis...
...including the governor, have indicated that they will appeal the mandate, possibly to the Supreme Court, seemingly in contradiction to Governor Schwarzenegger’s 2006 declaration of a state of emergency because of risks found to be associated with severe overcrowding in state prisons. Overburdened prison facilities essentially hand inmates harsher sentences than they deserve, decreasing their likelihood of real rehabilitation and increasing the possibility that these men and women will continue to cycle through the system. While the state may have reason to object to the court order’s imposition of a numerical mandate on prison...
BOSTON—All good things must come to an end, and so too did the Harvard women’s hockey team’s seven-game winning streak. At the hands of No. 7 Boston College, Harvard lost its Beanpot championship title in a fiercely fought 1-0 match last night at Northeastern’s Matthews Arena.Despite a scoreless first two periods, the Eagles (20-7-3, 12-5-1 Hockey East) managed their close win thanks to a shorthanded shot from junior Kelli Stack midway through the third period. The Crimson...
...most were pushing back against the incoming waves of would-be-pee-ers and the had-been-shoved. We were packed so tightly, caught between the pressure of the cripple falling back into us and of the chain behind us, that I couldn’t raise my hand to wipe my nose. People were angry. They pushed at us. “What are you doing blocking me hun?” “We were here first!” “You’re going to have to move.” We apologized...