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...enough inventory," marvels Avon Inspire's Cynthia DiTiberio, who edits Shelley Shepard Gray, a recent entrant to this genre. And there's no shortage of demand: romance fiction, of which Amish-themed novels command a growing share, generates nearly $1.4 billion in sales each year, and that number is rising. (See the top 10 fiction books...
Lewis' books in particular are an antidote to overstimulated nerves. The Amish (who number about 230,000, mostly in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana) are notable for what they reject - from televisions to electric kitchen appliances to zippers - which means a quiet environment for readers. The pace is slow and soothing; no conversations in Bird-in-Hand are interrupted by a ringing cell phone...
...questioned how much pull a director without a professorship could have in working with other faculty members and administrators.Since its founding in 1872, the Harvard College Writing Program—the first program of its kind—has served as the model for writing instruction at a number of other schools, such as Princeton and Duke. While Harvard’s director has traditionally been a senior lecturer, many colleges with writing programs comparable to Harvard’s have placed a tenured professor at their program’s helm.Bruce Beiderwell, director of the UCLA Writing Programs, said...
...HUPD faces a number of unique policing challenges—the most significant being that there are frequent visitors to the Harvard campus who may be less committed to its security and well-being. Consider that, last year, 86 percent of arrests and complaints were lodged against non-Harvard affiliates. Our campus resides in the center of an urban environment, and a malicious individual could easily access the campus, commit a crime, and leave. Furthermore, the HUPD cannot examine the legitimacy of each call before responding, as this could dangerously delay an HUPD presence at the most crucial moment...
Events funded by the new program will be subject to a number of restrictions that attempt to limit the effect of additional social events on House resources. Only one party per “neighborhood” of Houses will be funded each weekend, and these must occur on Friday or Saturday nights. Alcohol in private suite parties will also not be funded...