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...spirit of a traditional Indian village In “Ashto Sambur,” Jessica M. Marglin ’06 used her mudras—intricate hand gestures—to communicate vignettes about the mischievous but prominent Hindu god Shiva. Marglin’s intense leg squats and eye expressions—along with her half-tilt smile—perfectly conveyed the young conniving deity, showcasing Marglin’s skill both as a Bharatanatyam dancer and a dramatist. But the dances did not only recognize days anciently bygone; old and new Indian dance elements merged...
...fall is a new willingness among South African writers to experiment, get funky and abandon worthy subjects altogether. That seems to be what J.M. Coetzee is attempting in The Slow Man, published in September. Paul Rayment, a successful photographer, is on the cusp of retirement when he loses a leg in a bicycle accident. Depressed in the prison of his apartment, he falls for his immigrant Croatian nurse. The idyll is interrupted by the arrival on his doorstep of the title character from Coetzee's previous novel, Elizabeth Costello. An aging novelist of dwindling talent (a courageous invention...
...spin the war might have tried to spin the prosecutor. "Lying was a remarkable act of stupidity on Libby's part," says Richard Nixon's former White House counsel John Dean. "He's old enough to know better. He watched Watergate and Iran-contra. To try to pull the leg of the grand jury was really quite remarkable...
...Hockey Center. The Crimson’s Dov Grumet-Morris and the Big Green’s Dan Yacey both graduated last spring, and so neither team will have an entrenched starter between the pipes—but neither has room for error, either. Both ECACHL powerhouses want the leg-up that a season-opening win would bring.For Harvard, the loss of Grumet-Morris—who started almost four full seasons—created an opening in the starting lineup that a pair of backups could fill. While Grumet-Morris’s 1.63 goals-against average...
...Guren, shows an excellent and most perceptive contempt for the young. It is something I have experienced myself, this contempt, strolling through the Yard, assailed at all sides by bankers’ boys in blazers and jeans like a bunch of dime-store White Stripes, girls furred in leg warmers against the warmth of the May, and each one of them First Secretary of the Students Allied for South Uighur Vegetarianism or President of the Junior Guild for Amateur Bakecraft...