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...just sort of a general spirit of excitement,” Treuer said. “A couple of years before, she was just a minor political figure you’d recognize while shopping at Costco.” Earlier this year, the Alaska Klub—whose main events are the Polar Bear Swim and Human Iditarod—deemed this year the “Year of Alaska” in honor of Palin. The group’s Facebook profile advertises an open forum—time and location to be announced—on Sarah...
...pages of “Indignation,” while attempting the complete reframing that Ian McEwan managed in “Atonement,” lack that subtlety of craft, and instead of leaving the characters in uncertainty, it simply leaves them.Whatever the resonance of the ending, the main action is of little value. Roth’s dry style lends itself well to the book’s first few pages, running breezily through Marcus’s perfect life as the perfect son. But as Marcus’s father moves into the background and his anxiety...
Offering a perspective outside the ivory tower, Diana Henriques, a New York Times financial investigative reporter, blamed the current crisis on “the failure on the part of leaders and communicators...to educate Main Street about the importance of credit markets...
...Fluffy would only perform a gig at 6 a.m. and refuse to tell its loyal fans where to show up. “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” is clearly aiming to tap into some kind of indie-music zeitgeist. The two main characters have one particularly nauseating conversation where they attempt to one-up each other’s love for Where’s Fluffy—as if them both being among the first people to get hold of one of the group’s albums makes them soulmates. This...
...effect on the A.R.T.’s integration into campus life, Benowitz adds. Additionally, more involved efforts like seeking faculty support for the shows and hosting lectures and workshops with visiting and resident professionals might increase the A.R.T.’s campus presence. Paulus believes that the main solution lies in producing shows that Harvard students would actually want to see. “You have to foster that feeling that ‘I have to see that event!’” she says. “That’s what...