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...farrago of styles, all of them challenging, from the evil magician's bloated Miltonian opening speech to the Scholar Wu's delicate (and suitably alcoholic) Eastern lyricism in a poem called "Kite Fight," which he recites while being whipped. (The scene is stylized and relatively painless, the Scolar Wu seeming to leave his body far behind, the onlookers emitting the sound of the lash.) Our bodies are kites in a kite fight, he says--the kites a long...
...administration has been able to draft for the nation's service a man so capable, clear-headed, and devoted to his country. On the other hand we feel a deep sense of loss at the departure from Harvard of a lively colleague, a brilliant administrative officer, and a fine scolar-teacher...
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