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...this score, the Common Reader is likely to be overwhelmed by The Western Canon. At the end of his book Bloom ticks off more than 3,000 works by some 850 authors, ranging from Gilgamesh (anonymous) to Angels in America (Tony Kushner), that merit an educated person's attention. Good grief. Even if each work could be read in a day -- and most can't -- boning up on the Western Canon as set forth by Bloom would take nearly 10 years uninterrupted by any of ^ the mundane details of life, such as jobs, friends and loved ones, and most meals...
...Notes: Junior midfielder Carrie Shumway, who has the duty of stopping the ball on corners to set up a big shot, has played well enough to merit notice by the Ivy League, as she was named co-player of the week along with Lisa Rebane of Princeton...
...excelled in math and science, and was a National Merit Scholar. His father, Ray, said he took the Advanced Placement tests in Biology, Chemistry, Latin and Calculus BC, even though he had missed half of his classes between chemotherapy and surgery...
...despite all the hype, and even a similar "Free O.J." party in the Quad, many students say they are not planning to tune in the trial. The Simpson case may play in L.A., but it is seen as too undignified to merit the attention of Harvard intellectuals...
...during the past few years, which has also included Philip Glass's The Voyage and William Bolcom's McTeague. San Francisco Opera general director Lotfi Mansouri speaks of sharing Liaisons with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and taking McTeague in return; it is an excellent idea, for both works merit second and third productions, and not just in this country...