Word: mehtaã
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...point, “Opal Mehta?? contains a 14-word passage that appears verbatim in McCafferty’s book “Sloppy Firsts...
...Viswanathan writes on page 46 of “Opal Mehta??: “In a truly masochistic gesture, they had decided to buy Diet Cokes from Mrs. Fields...
When The Crimson reached Viswanathan on her cell phone Saturday night and informed her of the similarities between “Opal Mehta?? and “Sloppy Firsts,” the sophomore said, “No comment. I have no idea what you are talking about...
...nonstop coverage, however, the popular press has continually missed one crucial angle: the perspective of the organization kids themselves. This is Viswanathan’s contribution. Though her pop sociology is perhaps even less subtle than the professional caricature artist Tom Wolfe, “Opal Mehta?? nevertheless far outperforms “I Am Charlotte Simmons” in the department of insight...
...Viswanathan’s insights are good, and her ability to broadcast them to an international audience of Organization Kids might have been a blessing. Unfortunately, though, “Opal Mehta?? squanders the opportunity to debunk the mightily popular myth that, as Opal says early in the book, “Harvard just about equals success in the world”—and nothing is more important than success...