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...that the form of the conventional novel dictates. Each sentence (only one or two of which will ever dwell on the same topic) is marked by innovative precision and great affection for the subject matter. Sometimes Hoffmann is blatantly avant-garde. Titled doodles highlight seemingly random phrases from the text, there are no page numbers to be found, and the speaker adopts the royal “we” for a period (though not without specifying parenthetically each time that what he means is “I”). But the work is so moving not because...
...Random acts of kindness are getting a high-tech boost, thanks to social entrepreneur Daniel Lubetzky. First, print a card at Kinded.com. Then do something nice for a stranger, like sharing an umbrella or helping carry luggage, and hand that person the card. The recipient can go online and note where the act of kindness took place and then pass the card along. It's like Pay It Forward, with mapping features...
...intensive, week-long effort by the Dems to ensure Harvard’s involvement in the rally. According to Lam, members of the Dems knocked on every freshman door to encourage attendance. They also pushed members of the Dems to bring “roommates, friends, neighbors, and random people they met in the dining hall,” Lam said. — Staff writer Evan T. R. Rosenman can be reached at erosenm@fas.harvard.edu...
Strength in What Remains By Tracy Kidder; Random House; 277 pages...
...international human rights prize before being assassinated. And she's classified by the oh-so-knowledgeable GQ editors as one of the top four examples of "the Harvard douche." Are they out of their minds? (Mira Sorvino also seems like a pretty random choice, but pales in comparison...