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Because my roommates and I are fundamentally kind of lazy (hence, I suppose, the lack of post-graduate plans), we intend to base our central characters on ourselves and on people we know. While brainstorming over drinks, though, we realized that to conform to popular conceptions of Harvardians—and we are unabashedly aiming for a mass market with our book—our hero-students would have to be a lot more ostentatiously smart and accomplished than we are. It would be useful, for instance, if they knew Latin, and also kung fu. These are not accomplishments...

Author: By Phoebe Kosman, | Title: Fictional Harvard | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

...some senses, of course, the departure made sense. We do not intend our shoddily-written book, which bears the working title The Fourth Lie (rejected prospective titles include Veritass), to be strong on character development, and quickly-sketched caricatures of charismatic eggheads are a handy way to make room for the plot—which will, incidentally, be really, really gripping...

Author: By Phoebe Kosman, | Title: Fictional Harvard | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

Tange was born in Osaka, Japan, and did not originally intend to become an architect, but rather showed an interest in astronomy. However, once he was exposed to the designs of Le Corbusier as a youth, there was no turning back...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: In Memoriam | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

...members of the executive committee all said they intend to keep working against the Darfur genocide with other groups...

Author: By David B. Rochelson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senior Gift Plus Disbands | 4/7/2005 | See Source »

Daugherty says that after more than a decade, he doesn’t intend to continue selling Spare Change newspapers for much longer, adding that he hopes to find another sales...

Author: By Anne E. Bensson and Anna M. Friedman, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Vendor Asks Square To ‘Spare | 3/23/2005 | See Source »

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