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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...cautious, but optimistic. Drew Faust: A sparse, unobtrusive narrator, Drew’s presence is felt far beyond her brief appearances. Critics have even suggested that each character in the story represents a different aspect of Drew’s psyche. We: A disciple of Harvard. Drew transfers the Herculean tasks of sacrifice and reinvention onto this mythic figure. We devotes himself to his master with fanatical zeal. ENDOWMENT: A powerful man paranoid about loosing influence. Fixated on his size and ability to outperform. Open to psychological readings. Themes, Motifs, and Symbols Financial Hardship as Environmental Calamity: Drew?...

Author: By Benjamin K. Glaser, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: President Faust’s “Harvard and the economy” E-mail - SparkNotes Style | 11/19/2008 | See Source »

...books or other print publications should remain relatively manageable for those lucky enough to be tasked with collating these applications. But sifting through all "readily available" blogs and Internet posts in an era when every self-respecting teenager averages a dozen weekly Facebook updates is a challenge of Herculean proportions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Obama Application | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

...that they deemed disgusting. The yum yum: somehow both spicy and bland, which not even the administration of the tasty soy and peanut sauces could fix. All together: not bad, but certainly not yum yum.5. Keep your wits about you. After the busboy had come and gone with a Herculean load of dishes, our waitress returned ready to give us our check. Now, the two shabu dinners included dessert, and it seems we would have missed out on it entirely had we not reminded her. All four of us burst out laughing when she came back with two slices...

Author: By Jillian J. Goodman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HOTSPOT: Shabu Square | 11/10/2008 | See Source »

...January 2009, he will leave his successor with every single one of his disastrous legacies, including two very real wars on the ground, an angry and resurgent Russia, and hostility overseas. Our next President will have to not only correct Bush’s errors—a Herculean task in and of itself—but will also have to restore America’s standing in the world...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Obama for President | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...portray scenes from the Shahnameh, a Persian epic familiar to Afghan children. Ali is a member of Afghanistan's Hazara minority, and his people's persecution by the Taliban during the late stages of the civil war is also reflected in the dark panels of his miniatures. His Herculean hero, Rustam, is ambiguous, portrayed as a demonic figure with horns and a monster's face, often bristling with an arsenal of modern weapons - AK-47s, bayonets and grenade launchers. This is an allusion to Taliban videos in which militants declare themselves to be the new Rustam. Nothing is sacred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Art in War-Torn Afghanistan | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

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