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When news of his death on March 27 at the age of 86 was announced by his family, it was accompanied by a stylish and anecdotal 3˝-page tribute that recalled his coverage of the Korean War; how he'd become the first American television reporter based in Moscow during the Cold War; and his assignments in Rome, Tokyo and Vienna before his pioneering work as a full-time economics correspondent...
...tribute also mentioned the many comical comments made by President George H.W. Bush and late-night talk-show hosts like Johnny Carson on his bow tie and not-just-a-pretty-face appearances on network news. The 3˝-page dispatch was written by Irving himself a few months before he died because, a son said, he didn't want any mistakes. It was also Irving's final sly tribute to his unique image in a medium increasingly defined by sameness...
...lifted. With her translation of “Death in Spring,” Martha Tennent hopes to begin to redress this historic injustice. How deeply unfortunate, then, that the novel itself cannot live up to the promise of a hidden classic. A brief work of only 150 pages, told in dense four-page episodes, “Death in Spring” creates a world at once strange and familiar: a nameless town characterized by brutal, gratuitous violence and the prevalence of the bizarre, narrated through an unusual set of eyes—those of a teenage boy. Rodoreda?...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences—in order to incorporate the professors’ feedback. Seltzer said the committee will present a refined draft to the Harvard community in about a month to draw further commentary. The University, which began initial drafting of the approximately 100-page report last summer, has spent the past few months further editing the report, which addresses how the institution is working to meet the eleven standards of accreditation, ranging from academics to university finances. After the University finishes this process, a committee of faculty and administrators from similar institutions will visit the campus...
...support for trade finance to be agreed, along with a doubling of resources for the IMF. Japan and the EU have already promised additional funds and more countries are expected to pledge additional money during the afternoon. The details on financial regulation are still being discussed but a 7-page addendum to the communique has already been prepared, suggesting that the bulk of detailed regulatory reform was agreed in advance. There may yet be sticking points, but on one thing at least, there's consensus: the politicians here want to come away with a real agreement. Jittery markets and anxious...