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Leverett House Master Howard Georgi ’68 said he had hoped the construction planning would take exam period into account...
...signals its retro intentions with midcentury-modern production design, a jazz sound track and the casting of Robert Vaughn (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) as an aging grifter ("You're never too old to cheat, my dear"). Adrian Lester (Primary Colors) is ice cool as Mickey, a Zen master of con who treats his work more as philosophy than fraud. It's all delightfully phony, but will win your faith on charm and panache. Just watch your wallet...
...organize the fourth annual ceremony. “The Senior Class Committee is a great group and they were the ones who pushed the event. These are their classmates and they feel pretty passionate about wanting to recognize them and their accomplishment,” he said. Lowell House Master Diana Eck addressed the mid-year graduates, praising their unconventional experiences at Harvard. “I think there is something really valuable about graduating midyear and thinking about Harvard in a different way, as more than hoopla. The real Harvard is not the ‘Fair Harvard?...
...grader that he knows a lot more than he actually does, the vague generality is the key device. A generality is a vague statement that means nothing by itself, but when placed in an essay on a specific subject very well might mean something to the grader. The true master of a generality is the man who can write a 10-page essay, which means nothing at all to him, and have it mean a great deal to anyone who reads it. The generality writer banks on the knowledge possessed by the grader, hoping the marker will read things into...
Like many other modern workers, Klein takes pride in being a master multitasker, zipping through her daily to-do list: "I see the red lights go on or hear the beep, and I love it." But she has noticed some drawbacks and even some side effects: impatience, irritability and (gasp) some inefficiency. "Sometimes when e-mail goes down, I'm actually more productive, because I can concentrate on something," she says. She finds herself angry and snappish when callers make poor use of her endless availability. Although she feels anxious when her In box is empty, she feels no better...