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...Lessing, she avoids being identified with movements or ideologies, political or literary. She refuses to settle for simple answers or received wisdom, and she has never been afraid to commit heresy. In the 1970s she began experimenting with science fiction - it is unlikely that any other Nobel laureate could lay claim to a work like her 1994 novel The Making of the Representative for Planet 8, about an eco-catastrophe on a distant world. In August Lessing published a new novel, The Cleft, in which she re-imagines the history of the human race - originally, she proposes, humanity consisted entirely...
...body support.So let this be a call to arms, if you will. The Amaker Manifesto: with this coach, and with our help, a new era of Harvard basketball may truly be on the horizon.I truly believe that I will one day see the Promised Land. I will one day lay eyes on the Harvard men’s basketball team playing in the NCAA Tournament.I believe.Do you?—Staff writer Walter E. Howell can be reached at wehowell@fas.harvard.edu...
This time, the prank lay in wait for roughly 200 fans attending a question-and-answer session with “Scrubs” star Zach Braff at the Brattle Theatre...
...gaming persuades more kids to go on killing sprees. State Senator Leland Yee, a San Francisco Democrat, even compared video games to substances like cigarettes and alcohol that are prohibited for minors. Regardless of the legal problems and constitutional violations, there is a far greater reason for politicians to lay off the gaming industry. For starters it’s ridiculous for the government to prioritize protecting children from the perils of the “Grand Theft Auto” world. Ever since the tragic school shooting at Columbine High School, media pundits and politicians have tried to illustrate...
...weekend of partying and the Sunday night feast that marked the 20th anniversary of Trotter's restaurant - all highlighted by an A-list of chefs who strutted in, treated like gods, to cook in his kitchen. Indeed, they were worshiped by the 80 or so foodies able to lay down $5,000 a head for a round of tastebud-zapping dishes by Thomas Keller (the French Laundry in Napa Valley and Per Se in New York City), Heston Blumenthal (The Fat Duck in Berkshire, England), Ferran Adria (El Bulli, outside Barcelona) and Tetsuya Wakuda (Tetsuya's in Sydney...