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...French call autofiction - thinly veiled memoirs that make no bones about being conceived in deep self-absorption. Christine Angot received the 2006 Prix de Flore for her latest work, Rendez-vous, an exhaustively introspective dissection of her love affairs. One of the few contemporary French writers widely published abroad, Michel Houellebecq, is known chiefly for misogyny, misanthropy and an obsession with sex. "In America, a writer wants to work hard and be successful," says François Busnel, editorial director of Lire, a popular magazine about books (only in France!). "French writers think they have to be intellectuals...
...Benz Jr., president and CEO of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, drew from his own experiences as an undergraduate at Princeton and as a student at Harvard Medical School to emphasize the importance of finding good mentors. He also encouraged students to pursue careers in academic medicine. Thomas M. Michel ’77, the director of human biology and translational medicine at the Harvard Medical School, and Gregory A. Llacer, the director of the Harvard Program for Research in Science and Engineering Gregory, also spoke at the event. Shantanu K. Gaur ’08 organized the first-ever...
...criminal. Abdal Ullah, a councillor in the London borough of Tower Hamlets, where Banksy's recent mural was painted, has said: "Graffiti is a crime. It spoils the environment, makes our neighborhoods feel less safe, and costs thousands of pounds each year to clean." Banksy has, like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring did in New York decades ago, succeeded in elevating street art from a subculture to a mainstream interest...
...Although to the uninitiated, winning a speedcubing championship may be the ultimate 'Revenge of the Nerds', the competitors at the 2007 World Championships appeared to be a varied and balanced lot. Families competed (Daniel Hop attended with his father and fellow cuber Michel Hop, 38), and both sexes were represented in the events...
...including making large cuts in interest rates, to restart credit creation and prevent further damage to the economy. A decade ago, the world also looked to Washington - and, specifically, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - for deliverance from the financial turbulence. This was immortalized in a photograph of IMF chief Michel Camdessus peering over the shoulder of then Indonesian President Suharto, as the latter signed his country's agreement to receive IMF loans...