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...casts a long shadow, both literally and figuratively,” Bok said...
...comment on whether Viswanathan voluntarily relinquished her investment-bank internship or whether the bank rescinded its offer. Yet, even as Viswanathan moves on, the events of April 2006—highlighted by the celebrated release and then ignominious withdrawal of her debut novel—still cast a long shadow.“Opal Mehta,” which hit shelves on April 4, attracted international media attention after publishing giant Little, Brown reportedly gave the Harvard sophomore a $500,000 two-book contract—a sum unprecedented for such a young author. Several major media outlets?...
...Lying in the shadow of the Forbidden City, the Icehouse, tel: (86-10) 6522 1389, is[an error occurred while processing this directive] today the Chinese capital's best jazz and blues bar. But it gets its name from the fact that it held ice for the imperial family's exclusive use during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Every winter, ice was collected from the city moat at Dongzhimen and hauled to the Icehouse, filling the 400-sq-m interior. The walls were sufficiently impervious to the elements for the ice to remain there, unthawed, all year round. But while...
...Scott says she draws inspiration for her books from “pretty much anywhere and anything.” Anne Fausto-Sterling’s essay “The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female Are Not Enough” galvanized Scott to write “Shadow Man,” of which the premise is that there are human beings who have mutated into seven sexes. One of the planets in the book only recognizes the male and female sexes. Scott says she identifies with all of her characters—sometimes in ways she doesn?...
...former professor, author and ambassador as “the paprika in our stew” at Harvard, “adding a truly distinctive and memorable quality.” The incoming interim President said of the six-foot-eight professor, “He casts a long shadow, both literally and figuratively, and Harvard without him will never be quite the same.” Journalists William F. Buckley Jr. and Gloria Steinem, Galbraith’s biographer Richard Parker, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor Amartya Sen, and other members of Galbraith’s family also spoke...