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...refrigerator. At the same time, neither would Oprah's role as a cultural arbiter be diminished by her foray into politics. When her speech reached its climax, the touchstone was not the words of Martin Luther King Jr. (though he was mentioned), but a novel: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. The slave Jane Pittman, Oprah said, looks for the one who might free her for years, asking, "are you the one?" Oprah then told the crowd...
...moment of British retreat. The last few minutes, however, taint what had been a poignant film adaptation up to that point. The revelatory final scene is simply a diluted version of the novel. Ironically, it is the film’s devotion to the text that causes it to miss the text’s most crucial aspect: self-reflexivity. With creative changes, Wright could have retained that medium-specific main point. Why, for instance, didn’t he envision Briony as a budding film director or screenwriter? While this change would have altered the novel?...
Tens of thousands of visitors will stream through 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue this holiday season. Those attending one of the various receptions will be treated to, among other things, chocolate-dipped cookies shaped like White House dogs Barney and Miss Beazley. This year's theme, "Holiday in the National Parks," means models of U.S. landmarks--such as the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore--will deck the halls...
...Cassandras of ’67 miss the mark. It’s not that Harvard is letting in the wrong people, or that “undergraduate life at the College today is not giving due encouragement to civic courage and political engagement,” as our ornery alumni suggest. Though they’ve asked Faust to charter a task force with a name so long and grammatically complex that it cannot possibly be anything but a good idea, no amount of administrative prodding will wake us up to the fact that, as they claim...
...will be leaving his post after five-and-a-half years, a typical term for a resident dean. “It’s been fantastic getting to know so many amazing students,” Kargère said in an interview. He added that he would miss “the sense of community [in Cabot]—the feeling that everybody knows everybody.” “He really has been an awesome resident dean,” Harris said to The Crimson, “He’s been an amazing...