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...five stories and the title novella, won a National Book Award. Having leaped from promising to prizewinning in a single bound, Roth could have set about repeating the formula that had brought him such instant recognition. But one of his more intriguing aspects has been his refusal to tailor his work to anyone else's expectations. Within a decade of the delicate Jamesian fiction in Goodbye, Columbus, Roth wrote Portnoy's Complaint, a barbaric yawp of masturbatory misadventures and comic rage...
...Noted "We keep it secret like a doctor keeping a patient's records." MANU MELWANI, owner of Sam's Tailor shop in Hong Kong, on the measurements of jumbo tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who ordered nine suits last week...
...life was eventful long before then. Cheung Kwok-wing was born the youngest of 10 children of a Hong Kong tailor?he made suits for William Holden and Alfred Hitchcock?and his wife. "I didn't have a happy childhood. Arguments, fights and we didn't live together; I was brought up by my granny." His nearest sibling was eight years older; Leslie says he was "the youngest and the loneliest. My brothers would be dating girls and I was left alone in the corner, playing GI Joe or with my Barbie doll. It was miserable. My father couldn...
...hope that students will be given the opportunity to comment on department advising and tutorial programs. Although some departments may be loathe to have public comment on their programs, it will guide students in their academic careers and will show the areas that need improvement, allowing departments to tailor their offerings for students...
...possible that Harvard College applicants are writing applications more relevant to the interests of Faculty members; you can tailor your application to the departmental needs." Berg said...