Word: roberts
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...Sartre and Camus, but Le Clézio has never been easy to classify. Like the writers of the nouveau roman, he struggles with language itself and the ways contemporary life have drained it of meaning; he has often stated that his favorite novelists are James Joyce and Robert Louis Stevenson. Le proces-verbal was short-listed for the Prix Goncourt and won the Prix Renaudot, and Le Clézio has been in the front rank of French literature ever since...
...such a loan, the receiving company should be barred from granting executive bonuses or paying dividends to investors until the loan (and interest) is repaid. This would infuse the needed money into the system and free up credit markets. But in the long run, it would cost taxpayers nothing. Robert P. Hebbel, North Oaks, Minnesota...
...Faculty Council announced yesterday that it would reshuffle some existing positions in response to zoologist Farish A. Jenkins Jr.’s withdrawal from the Council. For health reasons, Jenkins has withdrawn from the council, the 18-member governing body of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Robert A. Lue, a professor of molecular and cellular biology, will fill the seat until Jenkins’ return. Additionally, history professor Ann M. Blair confirmed that she will replace Jenkins on the docket committee. Chaired by former Graduate School of Arts and Sciences dean Peter T. Ellison, the committee directs...
...census conducted by Cambridge for the ninth year in row, the city has witnessed a 10 percent increase in homeless individuals between 2006 and 2008, putting the official tally of Cantabrigians without a home at 487. As the economy worsens, even more people have been taking to the streets. Robert C. Reddick is one of Harvard Square’s recent victims of homelessness. After years of factory work, including stints at the American Can Company and Bethlehem Steel, Reddick said he found himself out of work due to the recent sub-prime crises. “I had been...
...some cases, have invested heavily in proven political tools that have helped previous immigrant groups break into American politics—hiring lobbyists, organizing fund-raisers and blanketing Capitol Hill with briefings, phone calls and petitions.” Powerful Washington insiders, including a former U.S. ambassador to India, Robert D. Blackwill, and former Indiana Senator Birch Bayh, were retained by the Indian government in order to press for the deal’s passage. And this organizing came in the face of virtually no counter-lobbying from the Pakistani-American lobby...