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...origin of solitary confinement in the U.S. is actually benign. It was the Philadelphia Quakers of the 19th century who dreamed up the idea, establishing a program at the city's Walnut Street prison under which inmates were housed in isolation in the hope of providing them with an opportunity for quiet contemplation during which they would develop insight into their crimes. That's not what has happened...
...playboy in comically desperate pursuit of marital reconciliation in The Awful Truth? Or as the absentminded paleontologist in Bringing Up Baby? And what about scheming Walter Burns in His Girl Friday, one of the funniest misanthropes ever recorded by the camera? For that matter, what about Gunga Din, The Philadelphia Story and Only Angels Have Wings? Or the unforgettable work for Hitchcock?Suspicion, Notorious and, possibly best of all, North by Northwest...
...course, Pachter is wearing black again. She sits me down and puts me through a series of questions, watching me all the while. I tell her about my train ride to nearby Philadelphia that morning and discover that I have just been evaluated on small talk. I pass. (I got into trouble for just that talent in high school.) She asks me about my background, my education. She evaluates my posture (Stand up straighter!), my demeanor (there is a "slight current of negativity"), my conversational mannerisms (I put my hands on my face and forehead...
...with no small amount of envy, then, that I regard the legions of pseudo Red Sox and Patriots fans here at Harvard. Being a Philadelphia fan has never been particularly easy but in a rival city that has enjoyed, and from the looks of it will continue to enjoy, remarkable success, it is downright torturous...
...lingering doubts I had over the true quality and strength of Eagles loyalty were dispelled this past winter break when, while out to dinner with my parents, we happened to bump into my godfather—a very successful private lawyer in Philadelphia. His first words to us were not “Merry Christmas,” but “Go Birds!” He then proceeded to elaborate how he was mandating that Christmas dinner would be served on the sole condition that the game—the Eagles played Dallas that evening—would...