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...glitter that surrounds his department, there are many doubts about the long-term significance of Gates' project. Some critics, like Temple's Asante, charge that under Gates and West, stardom has replaced substance. The two spend so much time speaking and writing for outside groups that their scholarly pursuits seem to take a backseat. Example: The Future of the Race, a forthcoming book in which Gates and West offer critiques of Du Bois's famous essay, "The Talented Tenth" (in which he argued that only by creating a small group of college-educated men could blacks achieve their racial destiny...
Harvard students may be some of the most brilliant people in the country. Most have impeccable academic credentials; many go on from Harvard to intellectual stardom. They become prize-winning scientists, acclaimed authors and brilliant historians...
...Irish-American charm" and his "overwhelming, unstoppable energy" (Donen's phrases) blew away your reservations. For there was always something disarming in the forthright way that Kelly, who was born in Pittsburgh, the third of five children, and worked his way up out of the chorus line to Broadway stardom with his tough, taut performance in 1940's Pal Joey, stated his needs and his aspirations. These extended beyond the standard American desire to transcend one's past and transform one's limitations. For he was part of a generation that wanted to reinvent both the stage musical...
...very fabulous he looks. Or, after the guest has uttered some mild inanity, Kinnear stares ahead mutely, as if he'd just been whacked on the skull by a bear paw but is too stoic to wince. It's this bland poise that keeps him from blinking when film stardom stares him in the face...
...easy enough for those who can afford spacious homes and private therapy to sneer at their financial inferiors and label their pathetic moments of stardom vulgar. But if I had a talk show, it would feature a whole different cast of characters and category of crimes than you'll ever find on the talks: "ceos who rake in millions while their employees get downsized" would be an obvious theme, along with "Senators who voted for welfare and Medicaid cuts"--and, if he'll agree to appear, "well-fed Republicans who dithered about talk shows while trailer-park residents slipped into...