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...Jesus Christ?” he asks. “More like His half-clone,” she replies.There are a handful of delirious revelations like this in the film—which is adapted from the Chuck Palahniuk novel of the same name??and they threaten to push “Choke” over the precipice of the adventurous and into the realm of the dubious and downright ridiculous. For most viewers, this particular moment is one too many. As a screenwriter, Gregg doesn’t seem to have any thematic aspirations, except...
...years to play down their representational politics. Just look at the group’s name, or the title that Tariq Trotter self-consciously adopted years ago (to wit: freestyle track “@ 15” features the lyrics, “I have black thoughts / Therefore my name??s the same”). The Roots have always invoked canonical elements of black culture—their first proper release was called “Things Fall Apart,” after all—and as one of the few touring rap acts featuring extensive funk...
...Over a decade ago, The Boston Globe reported that Harvard had bought 52 acres of land in Allston under a subsidiary with a different name??an action that residents still refer to as an example of Harvard’s underhanded approach to expanding. Neighbors also point to Harvard’s land swap with the owner of the Charlesview Apartment complex—where the University will fund development without involving themselves in the actual development planning—as another instance of Harvard’s head-in-the-clouds approach...
While Rockefeller, 92, has given generously to Harvard in the past—he donated a total of $25 million to support Harvard’s Latin American studies center, which bears his name??the newest gift appears to be one that he withheld following the departure of former University President Lawrence H. Summers...
...this month, a former mayor of Cambridge proposed renaming the road yet again in honor of his Harvard classmate, David L. Halberstam ’55, who died last year after a storied journalistic career. Like Plympton before him, Halberstam once lived on the street that might bear his name??in the newsroom of The Harvard Crimson, at parcel...