Word: overly
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During his first Norton Lecture, Pamuk said that unlike Harvard students, he taught himself. He plunged into bildungsromans like Gustave Flaubert’s “Sentimental Education,” looking for action and conflict and the meaning of life, “not bothered at all about...
Pamuk spoke cheerfully, dressed conservatively in black and white, his enthusiasm and sincerity brimming over his careful enunciation as he painted metaphorical landscapes and read excitedly from his favorite novels.
Pamuk won the Nobel Prize in 2006. He has lived for many years in Istanbul, and is now a professor at Columbia University, where he teaches comparative literature and writing. His books have sold over seven million copies, and his statements on politics have generated much controversy, especially in Turkey...
When I applied to Harvard, my application must have been compelling, considering I got in. The only problem was, it was far from complete. I failed to mention something about myself that is a big part of my life: I really, really like cars.Maybe it’s best I...
On Tuesday, two of the world’s most important men—U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao—shared the spotlight at the UN Summit on Climate Change to speak about taking steps to combat climate change. The headliners of a group of...