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...Harvard community to think about what you are saying before you speak. Most people do not choose to have their bodies ravaged by strangers for money. Dire conditions usually exist before they find themselves in this position. Especially repugnant is Green’s suggestion, even in jest, that it is appropriate to murder a prostituted woman...
Franklin created a similar character in Poor Richard Saunders, the pseudonym he used when he began to publish an annual almanac. The beauty of inventing a fictional author was that he could poke fun at himself by admitting, only half in jest, that money was his main motivation. "I might in this place attempt to gain thy favor by declaring that I write almanacks with no other view than that of the public good; but in this I should not be sincere," Poor Richard began his first preface. "The plain truth of the matter is, I am excessive poor...
...year's more memorable TV moments, Tony Soprano lost his temper in the kitchen, and fellow made man Ralphie Cifaretto lost his head, which ended up in a bowling ball bag. Ralphie was a fellow of infinite jest but few other redeeming qualities, and Pantoliano played him with a loathsome relish that made him irresistible. He will be missed--but hey, you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs...
...want to become. In his final bit of advice to me, Gomes reassures me that I will find what I’m looking for. “You’ve got an itch that has to be scratched,” he tells me, only partly in jest. “These are questions that will not go away for you—that’s why you take these courses, that’s why we are here having this conversation. Religion is going to be a piece of unfinished business for you until...
...Blickstead later betrays that his inability to fathom the full reach of corporate America’s tentacles was only partly in jest when he asks again, “Do you guys also have Sears in the U.S.?” Foolish Canadian...