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Aside, perhaps, from that lightning-bolt-shaped scar on his forehead, Harry Potter will seem familiar to anyone who has ever read a decent fairy tale. Harry, 11, is an orphan who lives with his aunt and uncle, Petunia and Vernon Dursley, and their son Dudley. Is it worth pointing out that the Dursleys are as dreadful as one might expect of people named Dursley--they make that step-family of Cinderella's seem merely ill-tempered by comparison--and that young Dudley is a fat, spoiled bully who keeps breaking Harry's glasses...
...lilacs and the violets. Artistry in the Garden, the New England Spring Flower Show, continues to bloom today. Exhibits include a "living room," furnished with living plant material, a tribute to "My Fair Lady" depicted in an English courtyard market and a display of topiaries of Beatrix Potter's "Peter Rabbit and Friends". Bayside Exposition Center, just off I-93 and Morrissey Boulevard, Boston. 536-9280. 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. $13 in advance, $14 at the door...
...Harvard, the loss marks the first time in six years that it has not achieved at least a share of the national title. In the entire existence of the eleven-year Potter Trophy history, Harvard has won it seven times. But it was not to be this year...
Perhaps Harvard can reclaim the Potter Trophy next year, but in the meantime, it is enjoying its success as the No. 2 team in the country...
...sixth-grader at Presidio Middle School in San Francisco. When she gets home from school at 3:30, she heads straight for the basement of her family's two-story house, flips on her computer and bangs out a one-page book report on J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. After half an hour of work, Molly takes the paper upstairs and gives it to her mother Libby for proofreading. As Molly nibbles a snack of a bagel and orange-spice tea, Mom jots some corrections. "Why don't you say, 'This is the best book...