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Barenboim—one of the world’s most eminent and prolific conductors and pianists—spent the last two weeks at Harvard lecturing, conversing with students, performing, and teaching. But most Harvard students wouldn’t be able to tell you that...
...audience member asked Barenboim if he could tell a story about something funny that had happened during his career. He said, "Once, I was invited to give the Norton Lectures at Harvard...
...numbers of retirees, virtually all of the pension or social security schemes currently in place in the European Union, and to a lesser extent, the United States, will have to undergo significant changes in order to remain solvent. Few politicians, however, seem to want to be the first to tell the elderly that, in the interest of society, they need to take a large cut in their benefits, delay retirement, or both...
...cuter man. Both Harvard alumni, they were young and made me feel at ease. The woman told me how awesome it was that I wrote for The Crimson—she’d never finished her comp. I got the job. But 02138 couldn’t tell me what I would be doing, except to say it would involve a lot of research. I also got the impression that their view of Harvard was closer to what they thought readers wanted it to be than what they had experienced. In the end, I didn’t take...
...remake (after all, it does star the reigning king of recycled movies, Mark Wahlberg), but this film is deeply rooted in the Boston underworld, which helps it stand on its own. Clocking in at over 150 minutes, this is a long and involving story to tell, but the characters are so complex and the twists are so unexpected that it flies by faster than a Will Ferrell movie. The razor-sharp dialogue is particularly top-notch, which was quite unexpected considering Monahan’s previous credits include the incredibly banal Orlando action-flick, “Kingdom of Heaven...