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...least there is at hand a testament—this first novel ‘V??—which suggests that no matter what his circumstances, or where he’s doing it, there is at work a young writer of staggering promise.”So began the literary career of Thomas Pynchon, whose latest novel, “Inherent Vice,” we gather here today to celebrate. Since George A. Plimpton ’50 wrote the above praise some 46 years ago, Pynchon has indeed succeeded in turning staggering promise into...
...fans that the band hasn’t really changed, the movie’s many ambiguities frustrate that impulse. Morisset, who helped shape the viral marketing blitz for “Neon Bible,” struggles stylistically. “Miroir Noir” often adopts a v??rité approach. The final scene’s a nod to online indie concert series Black Cab Sessions, and many scenes capture the band members in the middle of rehearsals and downtime, in hopes of emulating the free-wheeling performances captured by Paris-based La Blogotheque?...
America’s Walking City is primed to become America’s Biking City. In an exciting announcement on Tuesday, top Boston officials unveiled plans for a citywide bike-sharing program similar to Paris’s famous V??lib’. The plan eventually calls for 6,000 communal bikes to be stationed at 600 public racks around Boston; anyone with a bike card can swipe in to unlock a bike, ride it as long as he or she chooses, and return it to any rack in the city...
...kind to bikers. But we see no reason that this mindset cannot change with the environmental one. First, critics overestimate the problem of winter. Montreal, with a much colder and snowier climate than ours, is one of North America’s most bike-friendly cities, and its V??lo Québec was the first bike-sharing program on the continent...
...water heater company based out of the Guangdong Province. Earlier this year, retailers who sell Megee products began hailing “Johnson” as the president of Harvard University. The logo carries the University’s name in both English and Chinese. The “v?? in Harvard is set against a triangular background reminiscent of the American flag. Here in Cambridge, Harvard administrators have taken notice. Director of Harvard Trademark Program Rick Calixto said that an individual living in China brought the flyer to the University’s attention three or four...