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...older by 13 years and a literary behemoth and Nobel Laureate often described as Britain’s greatest living writer. Shiva Naipaul’s work is more than worthy of notice on its own merits, but in so far as he has been remembered at all in recent years, it has been as V.S. Naipaul’s brother.Like the elder Naipaul, Shiva began his career writing comic novels set in their family’s native Trinidad; works such as “Fireflies” and “The Chip-Chip Gatherers?...
...songstress certainly does not provide us with another “You’re So Vain,” but she manages to hold her own nonetheless. Another standout is White’s cover of “Use Somebody,” the recent hit by Southern rockers Kings of Leon. Her version, though not hugely different from its chart-topping counterpart, gives the song a more whimsical quality, and her own easygoing tone provides a breath of fresh air distinct from the Kings’ more angst-ridden interpretation. Though each song on White?...
...festival to bring Crimson rockers together. Ashley V. Furst ’03, the lead singer of the Ashley 1st Band and creator of the event, set out to create exposure for the artists while proving that Harvard is, in fact, a rich source of rock musicians. Having been recently turned away from other music festivals, Furst hoped not only to provide a venue where Harvard musicians could be seen but also to disprove the assumption that Harvard students can’t be rock stars.“People expect us to calculate the rate at which a rock...
...said Kennedy School Dean David T. Ellwood ’75. “What we are trying to do at the Kennedy School is to combine the world of scholarship with the world of practice, and Meghan bridges that boundary beautifully.” The school has also recently added two other professors of practice with international diplomacy expertise, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and former U.S. Ambassador to NATO R. Nicholas Burns as well as British diplomat Rory Stewart. Ellwood also said that O’Sullivan’s field of expertise is particularly...
...that easy. Recent polls show widespread disapproval of the stimulus bill: 51% of Americans polled in August 2009 by USA Today and Gallup said they thought the government should be spending less under the plan, while 44% said they thought the government was spending the right amount or should be spending more. If anything, it seems the stimulus plan is hurting the President even as it helps the country...