Word: stephen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some idler is sure to begin a critique of Stephen Fry's funny, sharp-tongued novel The Hippopotamus (Random House; 290 pages; $21) by referring loftily to the title character as "the eponymous hippopotamus." Shun this pedant, who should consider another line of work. Read the novel, however. Its virtues are cynicism and ill will, directed energetically at all that is trendy and modern, and embodied in the blubbery, whiskified carcass of an out-of-date poet named Ted Wallace...
...that these students had already read the book and formed a well-reasoned opinion of it. In fact, I suspect that they did so, and certainly there are many reasons to reject the book's claims--several eloquently stated by the second speaker of the evening, Professor of Geology Stephen Jay Gould. What concerns me about their mode of expression is how antithetical it is to the manner of seeking truth agreed upon at Harvard, thoughtful debate in the marketplace of ideas (not symbols...
...think a lot of the reason for the increase is the realism and the scope that our program offers in the way of learning about the American political process," said HMC President Stephen...
...tempered but biting rebuttal to Murray, Professor of Geology Stephen J. Gould said the book was indeed about race...
...Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer reaffirmed his commitment to Cambridge yesterday despite his move last year to Washington...