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...writes so beautifully, is so show-offishly smart and understands the intricacies of human emotion so keenly that a reasonable person can only hope he is terribly unhappy. Which, if this collection of short stories is any indication, he is." For a far better, less embittered, summation of this loss, read the soliloquy from Hamlet that gave Wallace's great novel its title. It is Hamlet's meditation on mortality, now tragically appropriate, that begins: "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio - a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand...
...announcement briefly rallied stock markets around the world. But jittery investors kept running for the exits at Seattle-based thrift Washington Mutual and the investment bank Lehman Bros.--although Lehman's earnings announcement on Sept. 10 sent the stock up slightly, despite the revelation of a $3.9 billion quarterly loss...
...establish a White House Service to America office to streamline national-service efforts across the Federal Government and also coordinate a network of private-sector venture-capital funds to be matched with federal grants to support job-retraining or vocational-training efforts in schools and targeted communities where job loss persists. I will seek more students in community service through the Federal Work-Study Program, and I will expand opportunities for service overseas for all Americans...
...Pharr will serve as chair of the Standing Committee of Women in the fall, and Organismic and Evolutionary Biology professor Elena M. Kramer will serve as chair in the spring, after returning from sabbatical.In a written statement, Pharr called Martin’s exit “a major loss for Harvard.”“She...worked very hard on issues that affect the lives and careers of FAS faculty, such as junior faculty mentoring and child care,” Pharr said.‘AN EASY DECISION’Having grown up in the Madison...
Despite the opening loss to Duke, the team is optimistic about this season’s prospects when considering the results of this weekend’s action...