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...according to Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum Co-President Tommy Li ’10, the money is not the main goal of the contest...
...love story, Ottavio Cappellani’s latest novel “Sicilian Tragedee” takes the tale in the unusual direction towards comedy.At first glance Cappellani’s work, now available in an English translation by Frederika Randall, appears capricious and chaotic, with no main character, plotline, or theme emerging. However, as the novel progresses, Cappellani’s playful manipulation of Shakespeare’s creation lends depth to a story that might otherwise be nothing more than a frivolous laugh.Despite calling itself a “Tragedee,” Cappellani’s novel...
...knowing when to quit, but the fact is that David Chase and the rest of the “Sopranos” team realized the limits of their storyline. Shows driven by complex antihero protagonists thrive on anticipation, with loyal viewers tuning in each week to see when the main character’s internal conflict will finally reach its boiling point and lead to either his downfall or triumph. The problem is that once the peak of the character’s storyline is reached, much of their intrigue is lost. “The Sopranos” addressed...
...planned trilogy. In an interview with British newspaper The Guardian, Ghosh called the books the Ibis trilogy, after the former slave-ship that is this novel’s real principle character. Throughout the whole novel, there is the delicate tension that comes from knowing that the main event is yet to come, a state of pleasant anxiety in knowing that, whatever harrowing adventures might befall the characters, they are mere preparation for what is to occur later.This novel opens on the cusp of the Opium Wars, with the chaos of the Far East’s opium trade visible...
...certainly marked with much pomp and ceremony. On the Pakistan side, two stern-faced soldiers, sporting camouflaged fatigues and luxuriantly curling mustaches, stood at either end of the gate. Above the heads, the flags of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir lightly fluttered. Azad Kashmir is not one of Pakistan's main four provinces and enjoys a large degree of autonomy, with its own legislature, president and prime minister...