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It’s 3 a.m. in the Cabot Science Library, and above the hum of the fluorescent lights and the occasional clanking of the air conditioner, there is a flicker of life...
Once upon a time a film like Just Married could be passed off as a diverting comedy, and nothing more. However, Murphy, Kutcher, and the film’s ho-hum script aren’t charming enough to make Just Married even slightly more diverting than staring at a freshly painted dormitory wall...
...James, an American now living in Jakarta, must be a fabulous e-mail correspondent. At times heartfelt, at times bitchy, at times full of lies, the messages he pens for his characters positively hum with bon mots. Formerly a critic for The New Yorker and author of a tome called The Music of the Spheres: Music, Science and the Natural Order of the Universe, James spent 1999 living in a bungalow in Bali observing what he calls the "fairy-dust world" that is expatriate life. The offspring of that year is a fun, slightly trashy novel that's quick...
...Lott didn't see the storm coming, it was in part because it was so slow in building. The papers did not make note of his comments until days after he had made them. But the stillness was broken by the hum of Internet "bloggers" who were posting their outrage and compiling rap sheets of Lott's earlier comments. It took a few more days before Democrats denounced Lott and demanded a censure. More worrisome, some conservative leaders who have never regarded Lott as an effective leader weighed in. Pundits like William Bennett called for Lott's ouster from...
...numbers are even more spectacular considering Merchant’s ho-hum Harvard history. Before the season began, Merchant had not started a game since his freshman season. In 2001-2002, the senior averaged 7.2 points and 2.7 rebounds in just over 18 minutes of court time per game...