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Mark Gevisser's 935-page biography, Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred, addresses that mystery with comprehensive authority. Gevisser, a South African journalist, began researching his subject in 1999 and has consulted hundreds of Mbeki's friends and acquaintances, studied thousands of documents and interviewed the President himself six times. His book traces Mbeki's life from his birth in 1942 as the son of communist pioneers in the Transkei, through his 28 years in exile in London and Moscow, to his two terms in office. It also illuminates the strange mix of economic liberalism and headstrong ideology that permeates...
...control your viewing patterns, your buying habits, your anxieties, your lust—the things you think about.” The list also includes Harry Potter (#41), Ellen DeGeneres’ dog, Iggy (#29), and–of course–Kevin Federline (#7), who snagged the front page...
...last night, his Harvard College Marathon Challenge Web page displayed about $3,000 in funds raised—all but $750 of them donated since Friday...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Dance Company pushed the envelope of exploratory dance last week in their fall performance, “Off the Page.” The show, which took place Friday in the Adams House Pool Theatre, featured 11 short but intense pieces of contemporary dance. Works of literature, ranging from “One Hundred Years of Solitude” to “Goodnight Moon,” inspired each dance. Elizabeth A. Miller ’09 and Julia K. Lindpaintner ’09 served as both directors and producers...
...started on “Anna Karenina” out of pure boredom. My copy of the 900-page Tolstoy epic, a remnant of my mother’s college days, had crinkled yellowed pages and minuscule font. I fully expected to abandon it after a few pages. But I was drawn in by the lush portrayal of 19th-century aristocracy, the disturbed internal monologues of the protagonists, and the philosophical reflections on farming. For me, Anna’s romantic set-up was merely the framework upon which a richer novel could unfold...