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...Illinois, he was a competitive junior tennis player--at 14 he was ranked 17th in the Midwest. He studied philosophy at Amherst College and then Harvard, and when he was only 24, he published his first novel, The Broom of the System. In 1996 he vaulted into the upper ranks of the literary world with Infinite Jest, his 1,079-page (and 388-footnote) meta-epic of tennis, drug addiction, art, terrorism and loneliness set in a future when each year is known by the name of its corporate sponsor (e.g., the Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar). Infinite...
...Proun 12E” continues in the vein of Mondrian’s geometric shapes and two-dimensionality, but manages to take one step further in creating the illusion of jutting out toward the viewer, approaching three-dimensionality. Charles Sheeler’s “Upper Deck” again follows the blueprint of clean shapes and echoes the white and gray squares of Mondrian’s piece, but it presents them through painted industrial and mechanical objects that are depicted as fully three-dimensional. Finally, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy’s “Light Prop...
...this place is pretty sweet,” says Keith M. Fernandez, ’10. “The prices are decent, not great, and the location is not great, but the fact that it’s open 24 hours is really appealing.” The Upper Crust Pizzeria 49b Brattle Street Open daily, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., delivery until 10:30 p.m. Within view of Market in the Square, Cambridge’s newest pizza joint serves up slices, specialty pies, salads, and calzones. With a cool modern interior, this small spot is great for grabbing...
...time as a community organizer, last night’s speakers at the Harvard Republican Club meeting encouraged students to get involved with local communities. Putting aside questions of partisanship, Jamie Bush, cousin of George W. Bush, and Democratic Reverend Hurman Hamilton spoke in Adams House Upper Common Room about their experiences in community work and provided insight into the state of poverty and urban issues in America. “You can be involved in a million different things on campus and beyond and you’ll meet tons of interesting people,” Bush said...
...weight after one year. In both cases, doctors used the same surgical technique, which involves permanently sectioning off a small pouch from the stomach and connecting it directly to the intestines, which forces patients to eat less and allows food to bypass the rest of the stomach and the upper part of the intestines...