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Though Guerard’s comments on the manuscript suggest several small changes—the opening paragraph was too conventional, he explained, and the main character needed to be more clearly defined—he said he found “real power and authenticity” in the piece and suggested that Updike submit it to The New Yorker...
...amalgam of actively duplicitous recommendations (creating the Harvard College Courses in part to make money and fame) and passively unfocused rambles. While the report emphasizes the theme of “globalization,” it skirts issues of moral reasoning in education, relegating them to a single paragraph recommending that the Dean “examine” how to teach “ethical and moral questions.” Moreover, its expectation of study abroad in order to create global-minded citizens clashes with its decision to delay the College’s language requirement?...
...Paris bar association last month, accusing Verges of falsely claiming to be Saddam's lawyer. "The family has refused to allow Verges to represent [Saddam]," Rashdan insists. Not so, says Verges. In a cluttered Paris office decorated with African carvings and bronze Buddhas, he offers up a two-paragraph letter, apparently mailed from Switzerland by Saddam's nephew Ali Barzan al-Tikriti, asking Verges to help his uncle. The letter's authenticity could not be verified; alTikriti slipped out of Switzerland last month, and Verges doesn't know where al-Tikriti...
...fact, in reading through the two official statements from the last two years’ meetings, I found only one paragraph discussing athletic achievement. It was a brief mention of the Rhodes Scholars and Academic All-Americans that the Ivy League had produced...
...years later, Little Ricky’s big brother, University President Lawrence H. Summers, is preparing to oversee the implementation of a reshaped curriculum for Harvard College. And the proposals outlined in the recently completed curricular review report echo, almost precisely, Little Ricky’s thoughts. The opening paragraph of the summary of the principal recommendations concludes, “We aim to construct a curriculum that expands the choices open to our undergraduates as it prepares them to be independent, knowledgeable, and creative individuals.” The way to do that, the report concludes, is to replace...