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...friend, Gabita has secured the name of someone who'll do the job: the ironically named Mr. Bebe (Vlad Ivanov). She is afraid of meeting him herself, so she sends Otilia on the errand. Mr. Bebe is an imposing fellow: solidly built and radiating macho menace. Every soft-spoken word and compact gesture announces his threat to these women who need his services. It happens that Gabita has bungled his instructions so completely, by not booking a room in the right hotel and not coming herself for the first meeting, that his rancor is almost justifiable. She has also lied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Twisty Delights | 5/18/2007 | See Source »

After the stunning success of his first spoken word album, Cornel West has decided to release a second. God help...

Author: By Sahil K. Mahtani | Title: Rock On, Brother West | 5/18/2007 | See Source »

...departmental courses will fit in was left to the yet-to-be-named roster of the Standing Committee on General Education—which will fill in the blanks of the new general education structure that the Faculty called for yesterday.President-elect Drew. G. Faust, who had not spoken out at the Faculty meetings during the past five weeks of deliberation, assured professors that she would take an active role in the remainder of the process. “It will be a central matter for the agenda of the University and for my own agenda in the months...

Author: By Johannah S. Cornblatt and Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: After 4 Years of Debate, Faculty Approves Gen Ed | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

...have been surprised to see how he behaved inside the White House during his presidential audiences. There was something of the awed country boy left in him, a giddy delight that he was even in the room. "Falwell was always very respectful and low-key and humble and soft-spoken in these meetings," says one veteran of the first Bush White House. Unlike some others, he didn't walk in and hand over a "to do" list; Having been given perhaps more credit than he deserved for helping deliver Reagan into office, he was not one to break publicly with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Movement That Left Falwell Behind | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

President-elect Drew. G. Faust, who had not spoken out at the Faculty meetings during the past five weeks of deliberation, assured professors that she would take an active role in the remainder of the process...

Author: By Johannah S. Cornblatt and Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Professors Approve General Education | 5/15/2007 | See Source »

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