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...Everyone has become a literary critic,” novelist and member of London’s literary intelligentsia Martin Amis proclaims in the foreword to The War Against Cliché, and not without a touch of bitterness. Accused by his father, the equally, if not more famous novelist Kingsley Amis, of a “terrible compulsive vividness in his style,” Amis the younger has never been one to pander to the masses. At his best, he is a witty purveyor of critical and cultural insight; at his worst, he is an arrogant misogynist. Like many...
...took the mic. While West delivered tight rhymes about “shaking yo’ ass” and “the plight of the underclass,” Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ‘53 and Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz engaged Kingsley Porter University Professor Helen H. Vendler in a freak sandwich. “I give all my ladies D’s” said Mansfield, bending his knees to align pelvises with Vendler. “Deez nutz...
...Kingsley Porter, later Boardman professor of fine arts, bought Elmwood from the Lowells. Although he used it as a private residence, he taught some of his advanced courses on the first floor and allowed his graduate students to make use of the extensive library in the back corner...
...know how far their amorous relationships have gone. In the case of P.S. 164's Rachel Marks and Nick Applebaum, we're still working the story. We do know that TOM CRUISE and PENELOPE CRUZ have got to first base, and, at least according to Cruise's publicist, Pat Kingsley, the homonymic duo have also been "on a couple of dates." "He's been separated for months now," said Kingsley, "and I think both he and Nicole [Kidman] have had enough time to get adjusted to not being married." Speak for your own client. A friend of Kidman's tells...
Sounds great in theory. But as Exelon Nuclear chief Oliver Kingsley puts it, "I do think Wall Street will be a little skeptical until we have a bit of a track record." It had better not be anything like their previous one, or nuclear power won't stay hot for very long...