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...Aswany acknowledges a literary debt to Mahfouz, in more ways than one. During a crisis of confidence in his 20s, he ran into Mahfouz at a hotel in Alexandria and received a three-hour pep talk from the master. Rejecting the Arab vogue for postmodernism, Al Aswany has stayed true to the Mahfouz tradition of social realism. And like Mahfouz, he has a gift for writing literary page turners that are endlessly discussed by café intellectuals while also being accessible to Egyptians who normally have more time for Al-Ahly, their favorite football team. "He is read everywhere," says...
...awaiting Plaxico Burress, giving New York a 17-14 lead over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII with just 35 seconds left in the game, I jumped up and, after a quick high five with my roommate, I looked for one person: Tom Conley. The Kirkland House Master has been a die-hard Giants supporter since the team played its games in Yankee Stadium in the 1950s, and as a cacophony of sound waves both jubilant but mostly anguished crashed against the walls of the Kirkland Grille, the triumphant expression on Conley’s face summed...
...Adams House master Sean G. Palfrey ’67 said that while the Massachusetts state law is invariable, its application in the College’s House system must not hamper the Houses’ distinct environments...
...could see the potential for misinterpretation of that clause,” he said “In some Houses, a House master...might interpret that to be knocking on the door, turning on the lights, and walking around...
...plain sight, and that he did not believe they were being left on the trays with malicious intent. Other Winthrop dining hall staffers agreed with Fabrikarakis: Jeff Wiggins, another Winthrop dining hall worker, said the needles might be from insulin shots used to treat diabetes. Winthrop House master Stephen P. Rosen ’74 sent an e-mail to the House community on Wednesday, alerting residents to the situation and warning that “this is a very serious matter and cannot continue.” Needles have been found as recently as this week, according to Rosen?...