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...school. Unlike past authors of some note, perhaps Mailer being the most Harvard-bound, his connection to the institution seems tenuous at best. In interviews, he rarely mentions his Harvard years.Later this month, Whitehead will embark on a tour to promote his new novel, “Sag Harbor,” an excerpt of which appeared in The New Yorker’s Winter Fiction Issue. Last time he was in town, in 2006, he drew a crowd of 75 people to the Brattle Theatre, according to Heather Gain of Harvard Book Store. This time when...
Therein lies the rub. Between the safe harbor of girl icon and the beckoning shores of ingenue-dom are treacherous shoals. And just at the age when young people have some license to make mistakes, hers are monitored and widely broadcast. "There's no way to circumvent the Internet," says her manager, Jason Morey. "And there's no way to stop a girl from growing up without creating something that's not real. Could we handcuff Miley and stick her in a box and tell her, 'Don't grow up'? We could try, but there's nothing more uninteresting...
...forecasting cycle that drives the market is low on fodder since the earnings season is under way and the latest unemployment numbers are tucked neatly into the bed of economic prediction models. But, housing is an evergreen topic and a ready harbor for those who have no other numbers to obsess over...
...Younis appears to have underestimated the seething resentment that Jenin's residents harbor towards Israel. The town has long prided itself on being a symbol of Palestinian defiance in the face of Israel's military might. When Israeli troops entered the refugee camp in 2002 to close down the organizations there that had been sending suicide bombers into Israel, they faced fierce resistance; Israel gained control of the camp only after eight days of fighting, during which it lost 23 men and killed some 52 Palestinians, and bulldozed several dozen houses...
...Those tensions stem mainly from the military's fear that many members of the Partai Aceh, or Aceh Party, still harbor dreams of independence. Others agree that the attacks, some targeting the offices of the Partai Aceh, the political vehicle established by separtist supporters, could be the surfacing of new internal feuds between former rebels. Others aren't as sure. "There has been some violence and harassment but I'm not sure they can be associated with politics," says Humam Hamid, a sociology professor at Syah Kuala University in Aceh."They could also be purely criminal acts, which happen everywhere...