Word: touche
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...person, Barr plays down the controversy. "We're definitely not trying to dumb down poetry," he says. "We're not trying to introduce the notion that we would judge quality by book sales or even accessibility. But if poetry has somehow lost touch with a broader readership, there's an opportunity to reverse that. People are going to love poetry when they get back to it." As that last statement suggests, Barr has a tendency to express himself in marketingspeak, which may irritate his critics as much as the actual content of what he's saying. "It's easy...
...alumnae filled the space, sipping on punch, eating crab puffs, and listening to laudatory speeches from deans and vaunted faculty. The Radcliffe Pitches infused the evening’s energy with their spirited harmonies. Suddenly, in the midst of the joyful chaos of that evening, I felt a hand touch my arm from the middle of the crowd. A well-dressed woman of about 50 years stepped toward me, a bit tentatively, and whispered in my ear: “I am beyond elated for you, and for this day to come to Harvard. But please do not continue saying...
...There aren’t too many Cambodian refugees in Boston.” Through BRYE, though, Leng was able to work with Vietnamese refugees in Dorchester. “I could connect with those kinds of kids....Working with BRYE pushed me to get in touch with my background.” “I have an odd reputation in BRYE because I’ve never held an administrative position, but I’ve always been a groupie,” Leng says. Leng, who also served as Currier House Committee Chair, planned to enter graduate...
...candidate, late in the search process, according to an individual familiar with Varmus’ activities. Varmus, 67, met with committee members several times for interviews as late as January, according to the source. On the sidelines, he drew support from former Brown President Vartan Gregorian, an individual in touch with the committee said...
...adroit financial manager as well. She told the search committee in the fall that she was not a candidate for Harvard’s top job, citing her prior pledge to remain at Cambridge through 2010 and her happiness at returning to her English roots, an individual in touch with Richard and the committee said. By all indications, the committee was disappointed. Members repeatedly attempted to persuade Richard to fly across the Atlantic for an interview, but she continued to refuse, the individual said...