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...every interesting place on the planet. Unique among them is Hav, the Levantine city-state she put on the map two decades ago with her first novel Last Letters from Hav - and which exists only in her mind. The author's word-portraits of Hav's picturesque streets and quaint customs made the place indelible in the annals of travel. Sadly, it was largely destroyed by foreign invaders in 1985 and rebuilt as an efficient, soulless resort destination. Morris' latest, perhaps most insightful book yet, titled simply Hav, helpfully reprints the entire 200-odd-page Last Letters from Hav before...
...very least, I’ve tried to incorporate Scotland into my “personal repertoire.” For me, home is not the quaint town of Edinburgh or the tall castles of Europe. For better and for worse, my roots remain in New Jersey. But while I will always remain loyal to that widely disparaged municipal territory, with its less-than picturesque turnpike, chutzpah-infused accent, and uniquely fragrant shore breeze, I’m thankful for the opportunity to participate in such a thrilling tour...
That way of doing business seems quaint, even crazy in the aftermath of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, one of the grandest government giveaways of modern times. By lifting most station-ownership caps, the law transformed middling players like Clear Channel and CBS into megapowers as they stuffed their pockets with prime radio properties nationwide...
After years of controversy, the Harvard College Women’s Center has finally opened, nestled somewhere in the bowels of Canaday Hall. It’s a quaint facility, really: All students, regardless of gender, can visit the Women’s Center for free coffee and tea (there are multiple varieties of each). An industrious student can even make photocopies and print her papers free of charge. The center is so universally hospitable, in fact, that some might mistake the space for a student center lite. And that, really, is the problem. Even now that the center...
...smaller businesses, this is a time for progress; a gross physical salute to the limitless possibilities bounded by our neighborhood, a place long known to be the center not only of the intellectual world but of almost all matters of any importance. Truly, this is no place for quaint, locally owned Mom-and-Pop shops, poisoning us with their backward ways and sometimes friendly service, adding what some call “character” to the Square...