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...good talker. Unlike a great majority of the Harvard population, being articulate is not a skill that I have cultivated. The static on my phone line is not generated by electronic interference, but by my own communication difficulties. I fully embrace the prolonged ellipsis, the parenthetical "you-know-what-I-mean" and the awkward pause. Rather than punctuate my fragmented sentences, I let them trail off into my preferred word of closure: "whatever." To the well-trained listener the frequent "like"s that corrupt my language keep an expert tempo--to the rest, I babble...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Transmission Received | 3/11/1999 | See Source »

Even without these two leading point scorers, the Crimson have a host of proven skill and depth ready to step...

Author: By Jennifer L. Sullivan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: National Teams Take Two W. Hockey Stars | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

With such a crop of talent and skill to choose from, it has been a difficult decision for Stone and others to decide who will be replacing Botterill and Ruggiero this weekend...

Author: By Jennifer L. Sullivan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: National Teams Take Two W. Hockey Stars | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...first number of Act II, "Prayin' Alive," led by Hal Elujah (Eric Ambald), the evangelic disco-loving preacher, decked out in a stained-glass-window-printed suit and sequined cross and papal collar, is one of the show's most electric moments. It demonstrates the skill not only of Kaplan and Lau but also of the terrific and fiery Ambald, supported by the entire chorus...

Author: By Daniel M. Suleiman, | Title: Show Me The Pudding | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...creation of such a confident narrativevoice attests to Golden's diligence and skill as afiction writer. While Golden's name and the words"a novel" appear on the cover of Memoirs ofa Geisha, the novel begins with a translator'snote, convincingly signed by "Jakob Haarhuis,Arnold Rusoff Professor of Japanese History, NewYork University." The story begins from there asthe ever hopeful, bitterly realistic voice ofSayuri takes over, and the reader finds himself sotaken by the enveloping prose, quietly blendingthe "superlative degree of comparison" present inDickens's opening in A Tale of Two Citieswith the seducing party-haze of wealth...

Author: By Christina B. Rosenberger, | Title: THE BOOK: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

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