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...Barton Fink,” a studio boss dresses down his star scripter: “You think you’re the only writer who can give me that Barton Fink feeling? I got 20 writers under contract that I can ask for a Fink-type thing from.” Yes, but there’s only one Barton Fink...
...will be remaining relatively still for a few hours, and the concrete stands that your posterior will be resting on during the game start to feel quite icy. The key is dressing in layers, making sure your cranium is covered, and wearing a good pair of gloves. The second thing to keep in mind is that you must have some type of Harvard apparel showing. A Lowell t-shirt underneath a sweatshirt and a winter coat does not count. Get a Harvard beanie or scarf, or wear a Harvard t-shirt or jersey over your jackets. The last thing...
...founded, physicians prescribed housing in addition to medication. “We really believe that there are wonderfully creative people in our midst,” said Daniel J. Socolow, director of the MacArthur Fellows Program. “They need time, opportunity, and space to really do their thing, and they know far better than anybody else how to do it.” For Huybers, whose work in climatology earned him the Fellowship, the award is an opportunity to further his research. “I want to better understand how the climate works...
...sole person running the store seven days a week, Goldhagen also promises one thing to all her customers: leave looking fabulous. “I do not want someone leaving this store looking bad, because one dress can destroy my income,” she said. “It’s not just customer service. It’s called caring.” Call it what you want, we just want to look good...
...course the Harvard Book Store’s “Espresso Book Machine” is an easy thing to criticize. After all, is it a solution to the print media crisis or to the problem of reading in the information age? Hardly—no matter how innovative the machine may be, its novelty must not distract us from the goal of making more texts available online. Isn’t it flawed? Absolutely—it would be nice if arrangements could be made with authors and publishers to include copyrighted materials in its catalogue...