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...each short scene at the beginning of Floating reveals an important layer in the history of Ruby and her family. These layers combine to form a startlingly clear image, building in the space of only four chapters, detailed and emotionally charged histories and perspectives for each of the four main characters of the novel, without resorting to tiresome exposition, and effectively setting the stage for the ethical and emotional dilemmas that each character will face...

Author: By Ruth A. Murray, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alumna's Bittersweet Novel Marries MTV, Fiction | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

...doubts about that. Her latest acting showcase, One True Thing, tells such an incredibly small story that it puts all the vast, sweeping movies of recent memory to shame. The film tells the story of a single family and manages to weave a stunningly intricate emotional epic. The main narrative unfolds in a flashback. Reporter Ellen Gulden is being questioned by a district attorney about assisting in her cancer-stricken mother's death. Using characters grounded in the simplicities of life, One True Thing gives us something almost unparalleled in recent cinematic memory--the triumph of the ordinary. Soman Chainani...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

...loss was particularly disappointing to Zimmerman because Brown is Harvard's main rival...

Author: By David A. Roddenberry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bears Bounce M. Water Polo | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

...throughout the nation. Moss points out, "Teaching is in a state of quasi-professionalism. Teachers are technically professionals with professional training, but they are not making professional salaries or earning professional respect." One of the best ways to change the attitudes of politicians who use teacher bashing as the main plank of their campaign platforms or of those who view teachers as unskilled laborers covered in chalk dust is to get into the classroom and improve the education of our nation's children. Harvard would do well to promote the UTEP program more aggressively and use the Office of Career...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: The Most Noble Profession of All | 10/8/1998 | See Source »

According to Shetty, the staff has three main goals: "One, make it readable; two, link things that are happening on the national and international scene to Harvard; and three, we're going to call up people involved and follow links to other paths, and only use other articles as background," she said...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Magazine Aims for 'Readable' Style | 10/6/1998 | See Source »

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