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...Year of the Flood,” her most recent novel and the second in a series of three, Margaret Atwood similarly invents a dictionary for her post-apocalyptic world. But her words are amusing than ominous—the lexicon for a dystopian vision at once entertaining and insubstantial. Atwood’s way with words should come as no surprise. The Canadian author has dozens of works (novels, books of poetry and even a libretto) to her name and a basket of prizes in her honor (a Guggenheim Fellowship and the 2000 Booker Prize...
...real-life Irish citizens Joe Griffin (James Nesbitt, “Millions”) and Alistair Little (Liam Neeson) 33 years after the murder that connected them, the film traces the human cost of violence that permeated a society. Elders are the villains in Hirschbiegel’s vision. It is their inability to forgive what has been done to them and their willingness to compromise their own children that fuels this cycle. As a teenager, Little takes on his mission to kill Jim Griffin in order to achieve acceptance and respect from his Protestant elders. Joe is motivated...
...midtempo anthem whose only real precedent is 1998’s fan favorite “Given to Fly”; like that song, “Among the Waves” has tempered verses that lead into a soaring refrain that perfectly enunciates a vision of triumph.Perhaps the frenzied vocals and indelible melodies of “Black” and “Jeremy” will continue for decades to move 14-year-olds and aging Gen-Xers to a place that no other band can reach. But for listeners who don’t fit either...
While Dean of the Office of Student Life Suzy M. Nelson said as recently as Monday that the College administration had “no answers” concerning several major issues related to House renovation, a Graduate School of Design class is providing its own vision for Harvard’s future Houses—and often with an avant-garde twist. The College is currently in the design phase of its large-scale House renewal project—the most extensive renovation of the College’s nine river and three Quad Houses, which will total...
...School Professor Laurence H. Tribe said Kirk, a 1964 graduate of the Law School, will be a “tremendous” Senator whose close affiliation with Kennedy and his political vision will enable Kirk to assume his new responsibilities “without missing a beat...