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...those of you not in the know, “Ivory Tower” is the nation’s first college soap opera, written and directed solely by Harvard students, with the mission being to both “spoof and celebrate the college experience...
...mustard and onions--the favorite, she notes, of Bill Cosby, who courted his wife at Ben's. Another great eatery is Love Cafe (1501 U), a coffeehouse that gets its sweets from the bakery across the street. For dinner, try Rice, a Thai restaurant at 1608 14th Street, or Opera, at 1324 U, for upscale Italian (Wednesday through Saturday only). Another fine option is one of the area's many Ethiopian restaurants, such as Dukem...
...filmically snobby--those, say, who remember 1977 for Annie Hall--the release of George Lucas' space opera marks the point at which American film shook off any aesthetic aspirations and embraced explosions. Depending on what kind of movies you like--the Bonnie and Clyde-- Midnight Cowboy artiness that preceded Lucas' blockbuster-to-change-all-blockbusters or the Top Gun--Matrix bombast that followed--Star Wars was either the end or the beginning...
...king's) life, would be stark raving mad by now. I suspect that I am not. I like to tell myself that I am in pretty sane company. The game certainly has its pantheon of upstanding citizens. While ambassador to France, Benjamin Franklin preferred to eschew the Paris opera for chess at the Caf? de la R?gence. (Excellent choice.) Napoleon played, although to judge by one of his games, a diagrammed and illustrated copy of which hangs in my office, he was a far better general. Nabokov was a fine player and renowned composer of chess problems. And the sanest...
...internet satisfies everyone’s basic need to communicate and to share. It lets anyone that wants reach out and be heard, gives us an outlet for our fears and represents a waiting ear for our troubles. Surely, some people always wanted their own soap opera or a movie about their life, some way to leave their mark on the world. The ability to carve out a private section of cyberspace and render it your own in a personal way is a powerful thing indeed. And as for the rest of us, who are perhaps a little too afraid...