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...acknowledgments, O’Brien refers to “Mrs. Adams in Winter” as a “literary experiment.” This description matches the book’s digressive structure, which shifts constantly from past to present and back again. Because of this, the narrative feels saturated in memory—although O’Brien’s restrained prose prevents the emergence of the lyricism or deep meditation from which his account could benefit. Nevertheless, “Mrs. Adams in Winter” is an informative and diverting?...
Although the play is originally set in the terrifying world of the French Revolution, Leaf wishes to bring it out of its 19th-century French mold and create a more universally applicable rendition. “The play is not set in the past,” Elizabeth G. Shields ’10, one of the play’s executive producers, says...
With spring break now in the rear-view mirror and second semester kicking into high gear, the Harvard sailing team competed in the busiest weekend so far of its young spring campaign this past Saturday and Sunday. The co-ed squad took part in three regattas and the women’s contingent also hit the waters for one competition...
After the admitted budgetary excesses of some past Republicans, it appears the Democrats in Congress feel—dare we say it—entitled to push the limits of fiscal sanity in favor of long-sought-after liberal agenda items. They are welcome to set their own priorities. But, on their current path, they ought to be honest about who the true obstructionists to deficit reduction are—themselves...
...Harvard College Program for Research in Science and Engineering also offered spots to approximately 140 students a week ago, according to Mount, and many of Harvard’s centers announced summer grant awards as well in the past week...