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...welcome addition to bookshelves. Damrosch likes to note that this is the first single-volume Rousseau biography to be written in English. In an interview with The Crimson, Damrosch characterizes the only other in-print Rousseau biography, three volumes by the deceased Maurice Cranston, as “thorough but pedestrian.” As students of his English 185: “Wit and Humor” are well aware, “pedestrian” is not Damrosch’s style. His narrative is an exhilarating carriage ride through the ancien regime, and it remains lively through...
...component of a turbulent and changing China. According to Chang, she did “a huge amount of research for the novel” to create “the atmosphere of the country where [her] parents were born and raised.” Coupled with such a thorough historical backdrop, the novel is multi-faceted and runs the gamut from historical narrative to family mosaic. With “Inheritance” optioned for Hollywood, Chang has stayed busy writing and spending time at Harvard, where her classes are focused on the creative writing process. In English...
...will have a set of recommendations for the council on Sunday,” said Greenfield. “We’ll have a report that will be pretty comprehensive. If we can just bring to the council a more thorough understanding of how the process worked, then we will have done...
...completely useless," says Dr. Joanna Moncrieff, senior lecturer in social and community psychiatry at University College London. In an article published earlier this year in the British Medical Journal, Moncrieff and coauthor Irving Kirsch, professor of psychology at the University of Plymouth, argued that it was time for "a thorough reevaluation of current approaches to depression and further development of alternatives to drug treatment." Seldom had a piece about antidepressants so explicitly challenged the reigning orthodoxy in the mainstream medical press, and it was hailed as a breakthrough by those who oppose what they see as disease mongering...
...club scene is an interesting one, mostly because everyone has different goals once making it past the bouncer, the coat check, and onto the dance floor. After conducting very thorough empirical study (i.e. chatting with a couple of my friends), I am of the opinion that the dance floor is divided by chromosomes. In general, a group of guys will go to a club to seek out girls while a group of girls will go to a club simply to drink, dance, and have a good time with one another. According to many girls, if they happen to meet some...