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...much and far more than they can afford. I cannot believe how excruciatingly disingenuous Harvard is when it says that its students' "demonstrated needs" are met and that they need give no further money to financial aid--the administration forgets to mention that at the same time, it will soak up the extra money itself...
...first striking aspect of O'Nan's novel is his language. I read the first paragraph four times, allowing ample time for the luscious, vivid imagery to soak through my bones. But the intensity of the novel is apparent from the beginning: the heat and weight of the lazy summer mood push the edges and demand release. From the beginning, the reader feels the hidden furnace of madness churning and knows instinctively that, if all is so plodding and weary to start, something dramatic must be brewing...
Yesterday's game was Harvard's fourth in three days, and this weekend against Yale will complete a stretch of eight games in six days. Given the strain on the pitching staff, it was particularly important that Giampaolo soak up innings against the Friars...
Yesterday's game was Harvard's fourth in three days, and this weekend against Yale will complete a stretch of eight games in six days. Given the strain on the pitching staff, it was particularly important that Giampaolo soak up innings against the Friars...
...what is so refreshing about these new arrivals (and about having been one) is that they have the right to be bewildered, and they know it. So the first year is somewhat of a roller-coaster ride, in which everything you see and do is new; you try to soak up your surroundings and gain some much-needed foundation--through friends, extracurriculars and, if you're lucky, a suitable concentration--and Harvard slowly starts to feel familiar...