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...only been a second choice, but, aside from her one unfortunate encounter with a merciless member of the English faculty, Kumin speaks fondly of her years as a student here in Cambridge—one might even say she waxes poetically about her undergraduate experience. She was, as her ill-fated sonnet attests, “wide-eyed,” but not “lonely”; her fellow ’Cliffies joined her atop Cabot Hall at night to recite poetry. She swam competitively. And in 1945, she fell in love...
...forgive me. You have no idea what I’m talking about, do you? I mean, how could you? You weren’t a student actor in Oak Park, Ill., during the mid-to-late-1990s, after all. Well, Frances is an institution in my hometown of Oak Park, a sort of female version of Corky St. Clair from “Waiting for Guffman...
...share in the grief of mankind. John Paul II undertook his mission as leader of the Catholic Church with great humility and devotion. He was a man our Muslim community fully respected, and our regard only increased as we witnessed the brave manner in which he fought ill health over the past few years. Abid Khan Hartlepool, England There is no doubt that Pope John Paul II was a great guy. He traveled widely to meet people and tactfully handled global political issues. He would have been the most significant Pope in history if he had broken the centuries...
...ultimate affront to the Feds has yet to happen. Although any state can gracefully exit from No Child by simply declining federal funds, no state has done so. Three individual districts--in Illinois, Connecticut and Vermont--have opted out, but none had much money at stake. Evanston, Ill., considered doing so; then its board decided that would send the wrong signal to minority and special-ed kids. In other words, it's still politically incorrect to go against No Child. But that may change if the uprising continues...
Michael Grynbaum’s ill-informed article (“Nazi In Our Midst,” Magazine, Feb. 10), which misrepresents my keynote address at the recent David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies Conference at Boston University, and attempts to downplay Harvard’s role in enhancing Nazi Germany’s image in the West, has just come to my attention. The Crimson never notified me of its publication...