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...first time since the tragedy. As they approached in the narrow channel, they sounded the whistle, in tribute to their former skipper. On the bridge the replacement captain, Tony Cortese, waved to his predecessor, barely 200 yds. away. Waddle was standing on his own, his right arm raised in stiff salute. It was a sailor's leave-taking, barely noticed by anyone else on the shore. When the ship had passed, Waddle slumped, his head bowed, and turned back toward his house, his eyes teary. "That was the hardest thing I have done in my life," he said...
...Here was a defining moment. The house divided between (1) those of us who believe in the stiff upper lip and the essential privacy of authentic human feeling, including grief; and (2) those who weep along with Elton John as he sings "Candle in the Wind" to the prostrate world, or who deposit teddy bears and such mementoes at the doorsteps of celebrities they never met. Intimacy on parade: Sorrow as pornography. Americans staged the same spectacles when John Kennedy Jr. died...
...Great God Brown is certainly the greatest achievement students (albeit with professional direction) have brought to the Mainstage in my time here. Were it not for the stiff competition posed by the phenomenal production of Twelfth Night in the Ex a few weeks back, it would be uncontested as the most fully impressive and moving Harvard theatrical experience of the year. The effect of The Great God Brown on undergraduate theater will be interesting to watch over the coming semesters. It raises the bar for student theater so high that it is likely to be a while before another show...
...committed to remaining here indefinitely," she said. "We're expecting stiff resistance from the University...
...We’re expecting stiff resistance from the University,” Offner said. She said the sit-in represents a necessary escalation in PSLM’s strategy...