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This led, predictably, to a kind of spiritual emptiness: restless, confused beings who sought crude material fulfillment. For Fitzgerald, the nouveau riche were vulgar and ostentatious, and the old aristocracy not much better. Though graceful, he found the latter bored (Jordan), shallow (Jordan, Daisy), or thick (Tom). All were confused...
In a “100 Best Schools for Professors” list, faculty members say Harvard does not achieve the number one ranking in the “benefits” category.Although professors overwhelmingly cite Harvard students and research resources as the University’s greatest draws, and...
After my first two weeks as a professional starter, I have learned that “icing from the inside out,” as our pitching coach refers to drinking, is not the way to stay in baseball.
But in the section of Frankel’s memoirs that Walt and Mearsheimer quote, Frankel is writing of his prior experiences as the Times’ editorial page editor, a position entirely separate from the paper’s news operations. In the period of Frankel’s...
Right there, Michael Pollan tells us, is the problem with the way we eat now. We're clueless. In The Omnivore's Dilemma (Penguin Press; 450 pages), he tries to cut through this fog of unknowing. The title refers to the predicament of animals, including rats and humans, that can...