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...surprisingly, that etiquette lesson has inspired some high-level heckling. Best-selling author Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro wrote an apoplectic critique that caused such a furor last week that the government agreed to review its list. Ribeiro called the wonk who wrote the document "arrogant, cretinous and incompetent" but stopped short of calling the author a clown. (Had he done so, the government's vocabulary primer explains, "the professional who makes a living from making other people laugh might get offended.") When asked why the administration decided to suspend distribution of the document, Perly Cipriano, the tight-lipped Deputy Secretary...
...lesson for me as an expectant father (my first child is due in June) is that couples should talk to their doctor about episiotomy long before they get into a delivery room. If you would prefer not to have one, say so. My wife's obstetrician, I was pleased to hear, rarely, if ever, performs one, and most of his colleagues don't either...
...individual Houses host student bands most weeks. And alcohol at Final Clubs and in-room parties is even cheaper than one dollar a draft. Without novelty but still sporting a hefty price tag, the Afterparty turned into a financial sinkhole that benefited a meager number of Harvard students. The lesson to be learned seems to be that, at least in recent memory, the UC is at its best spending a ton of money on blowout concerts or spending almost nothing on small, unique events like Movie Nights—less than $500, more than $30,000, or bust...
...decade after the Stegner setback, Kumin would mostly keep her verses private. But although Stegner’s crass criticism might have stifled Kumin’s development as a writer, it also taught her a valuable lesson: “never, never, ever to put a student down that way. And I’m pleased to say I never have,” testifies Kumin, whose long teaching career has included posts at over a dozen schools, including Brandeis, Columbia, MIT, and Princeton...
...this lesson in love in particular that Fox and company hope to bring to the fore. Although many production elements will be reminiscent of Shakespearean times, including the outdoor setting, a few aspects will be updated to deliver the play’s message to a modern audience. “I think the best example of this is in the character of Feste,” says Fox. “In this production he has a project, which is to bring the characters to a more balanced view of love...