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...more troubled and indecisive character than the one we know from newsreels. Although Earhart is unequivocal about flying, she is often unsure of herself in her relationship with Putnam, and this is where Swank’s talent makes itself most known. Earhart is perfectly comfortable speaking to the press, but she is all awkward limbs and skittishness when meeting Putnam for the first time. After they are married, she submits to his urges to make more publicity appearances because she does not know what else to do; the financial backing for her flights must come from somewhere...
...facts in a greater socio-politico-cultural context, Werner Sollors (Harvard Professor of African and African American Studies), Greil Marcus (well-known music critic and the first reviews editor of “Rolling Stone”), and Lindsay Waters (Executive Editor for the Humanities of the Harvard University Press (HU Press)) began composing a reference book that attempts to redefine the standard approach to writing about America’s literary history, from foundation to modern-day. Aided by an editorial board and an impressive list of contributors, their creation is a 200-essay compendium they named...
...Twilight” eager to quench their vampire thirst may not have to wait an entire month for the next movie installment in the series. The Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, has been working with Vintage Press, the publisher of “Twilight”, on “Nightlight”, a book parody of the vampire-human romance set to release November 3—fortunately for crazed fans, only two weeks away...
...tyrants around the globe and hope that if it is not Allah's Decree to free them in the near future, that they taste the sweetness that Allah has placed them in prison to taste." - Letter allegedly written from prison and published on MuslimMatters.org after his 2008 arrest (Associated Press...
...definitely not." - Ahmed Mehanna, father of the accused, when asked if he believed the charges filed against his son had any merit (Associated Press...