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Summers’ penchant for self-deprecation has proven especially useful this semester as his speaking engagements have occurred under the specter of his comments on women in science. Professor of Public Service David R. Gergen—onetime adviser to Presidents Reagan, Clinton, and now Summers—has been largely responsible for the profusion of modesty and self-effacing humor in Summers’ speeches of late, according to a former Mass. Hall staffer who asked not to be named. Gergen did not respond to a request for comment through his assistant...
...introduction, penned by one of the author’s colleagues, presents the account—given Hano’s penchant for writing in the first person and weaving his personal opinions and experiences into the narrative—as a pre-1960s example of so-called “new journalism...
...excellence reaches beyond the lead performances. Michael B. Hoagland ’07 convincingly expands his range to include perverse bloodlust as Orestes, though Carla M. Borras ’05 re-deploys her penchant for the shrill as his sister Elektra. In fact, Borras strikes an incredibly emotional chord in addressing, in her Yorick-style, the head of her slain stepfather; however, despite her wit elsewhere, Borras really could ratchet down the decibel level and spread her laudable energy a little more thinly...
...castle theme grew out of their penchant for medieval architecture, cultivated during trips abroad and tours of stone fortresses in the U.S. and Europe. For years, Kim had also nurtured a passion for Renaissance Revival--style antiques from the 1800s and collected items such as a 1900s grandfather clock and a 17th century suit of armor. In December 2002 the twosome set out to build their own castle in Middlefield, Mass., a quiet, rural community in the Berkshire Mountains that has a few well-hidden, elegant homes. Kim, 49, helped design the structure and is serving as general contractor...
...spin around the Library of Congress with the noted scholar and Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin, who would show the Prince some original manuscripts relating to the Constitution. Diana, meanwhile, planned to accompany Nancy to Straight, a drug-rehabilitation center in Springfield, Va. Like stylish clothes and a penchant for being elegantly thin, concern about drug abuse is something the two women have in common...