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...that Stephen J. Bartenstein leave my accent alone. I have been using it before he and his mother were here. There is indeed a “Harvard accent,” and I freely admit to being a mature representative of it. I direct my critic to the remark of the once-popular cultural critic, George Ade, who declared that his alma mater, Purdue, “gives you everything that Harvard does, except the pronunciation of a as in father.” Perhaps Mr. Bartenstein would be happier at Purdue, or perhaps at Suffolk University where...
...unreal experiencing of events not through one's senses but through the media. His theories drew a cultlike fan base, which included the creators of The Matrix films, but he was best known for sparking furors with his provocative, if not entirely serious, commentary--most famously his 1991 remark that the much covered first Gulf War "did not take place...
...hope all of you will act with professionalism, and of course with simple decency, in turning your backs on this new and highly efficient mechanism for malicious gossip,” Kagan wrote. The site is host to numerous posts that identify fellow classmates by name and make offensive remarks about physical appearance, race, and sexual identity. In multiple threads, the posters describe their classmates as “fat,” remark on the size of their breasts, or use ethnic slurs. Two targets of other posts did not respond to repeated requests for comment yesterday. The president...
...diverting cocktail chatter away from the usual Range Rovers, real estate, skiing and where to get the best carrot juice. Major crime is down, the 2008 Democratic National Convention is coming to town, and the polls have been kind, so the mayor says he's feeling fine. He does remark that even "with all this bad news, people still like to live here...
...acclaimed Sept. 11 film “United 93,” garnering him a Best Director nod. Other Brits picked up nominations in the screenplay categories, as well. Mirren is favored to take home the Best Actress statuette, assuming Academy voters ignore her earlier on-the-record remark calling the Oscars “the crème-de-la-crème of bullshit.” Her Majesty is quite right, in my opinion, as this year’s Oscars are rife with the usual mistakes and oversights. “Little Children” should...