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Unfortunately, his legal analysis does not provide enough novel insight to make “Preemption” stand...
There is a truth at the heart of this novel, although that doesn't make it good. The truth is that names can reveal the hidden essence of a thing, but they can also conceal it. That is an insight the reader will arrive at long before Whitehead's protagonist does (you may possibly be aware of it before opening the book). In the meantime he mopes around town riffing on the ephemera of small-town America and indulging his obsession with brand names. The tone is light, by turns over- and underwritten. Our hero seems as uninterested...
...thin and intellectually lightweight), but it certainly can’t substitute for a thorough course in the political, diplomatic, social, economic, and, obviously, military history of the war. The latter would seem to be indispensable to any student, history major or otherwise, wishing to gain some fundamental insight into the larger trajectory of American history. But, according to Professor Ulrich’s apologetics, such is not the way of the Harvard history department: “The Harvard history department doesn’t teach courses like that. We think our students deserve better...
...fault of conservatism, or anti-semitism; it has to do with a lack of communication. Most students have not perused the collection of essays on general education penned by professors Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. ’53, Helen Vendler, Stanley H. Hoffman, Richard F. Thomas, and others, offering insight into the thought process that supposedly guides the HCCR (and why should they have? They’re hidden away on the Facutly of Arts and Sciences website). It’s too bad the ideas in these essays have not translated into a meaningful guiding philosophy for the review...
...continue his research on race and the widowhood effect by looking at specific causes of death. Christakis is also currently studying the relationship between illness in one partner and death in the other. Although his work focuses on medical issues, Christakis said his ultimate goal is to gain insight into social relationships such as a spouse’s role as caregiver...