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...young observer has its precedent in such reality-bending epics as Gunter Grass's The Tin Drum and Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. Mugezi and all the members of his extended family play out, in microcosm, the upheavals of postcolonial Africa: the diaspora from stable rural societies into hectic cities governed by money rather than loyalties. Mugezi learns that he must be devious and tough simply to stay alive. He fights what he sees as the tyranny of his parents and the authoritarian rule of the priests at his school. For a while, he idolizes Amin's power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Coming of Age in Chaos | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

...will also give Abeles the chance to pick up some old hobbies. She was forced to give up the cello, an instrument she has played since the third grade, due to a shoulder injury her sophomore year, and she has not been able to play much due to her hectic practice and game schedule on top of a full class load...

Author: By Derek J. Kaufman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Deborah Abeles: Fierce and Friendly | 5/24/2000 | See Source »

People who Eat Alone With Style. We've all been there, sometimes minus the paper and the books and the mail and the hectic rush. Eating a meal in the dining hall but two seats away from an intense conversation is good stuff. And, while we're on dining hall conversation topics, I'd also like to offer my appreciation for the folks who talk about really random stuff in really loud voices. The other day I overheard a very heated argument about the origin of the word pencil. Hmmm. That's great procrastinating trivia. I appreciate...

Author: By Tiger Edwards, | Title: Harvard Snapshots | 5/12/2000 | See Source »

Mathematicians do not want to invade the educators' turf. We are not qualified to do their work. Yet we are qualified as critics of reforms in math education. We should call attention to reforms we see as well meaning, but hectic and harmful. Most music critics would not do well as orchestra musicians. They do have acute hearing for shrill sounds from the orchestra...

Author: By Wilfried Schmid, | Title: New Battles in the Math Wars | 5/4/2000 | See Source »

With the CRLS restructuring and elementary school merger, this term has been a hectic one for the committee, but Rodley says she's seen other busy times-like the building of three elementary schools in one term and the implementation of the city's desegregation plan...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: School Committee Juggles Many Projects | 5/4/2000 | See Source »

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