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...literature could fail to incorporate the events of Sept. 11," says literary agent Ed Victor, whose clients include Frederick Forsyth and Erica Jong. "The imagery was so profound and the event so vivid and tangible that no one was left unaffected. As T.S. Eliot said, 'Humankind cannot bear very much reality,' and my writers are taking that...
When President Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1880, returned to Mother Harvard to accept an honorary doctorate in 1902, he bellowed disapproval at his alma mater. Biographer Edmund Morris tells the story with typically vivid prose: “Harvard, to Theodore, was a temple defiled by mugwumps, who congregated here to exchange the dull coins of anti-imperialism. Roosevelt launched into a stentorian defense of his island administrations and the public servants who sacrificed their careers to help ‘weaker friends along the stony and difficult path of self-government.’” Earlier that...
When President Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1880, returned to Mother Harvard to accept an honorary doctorate in 1902, he bellowed disapproval at his alma mater. Biographer Edmund Morris tells the story with typically vivid prose: “Harvard, to Theodore, was a temple defiled by mugwumps, who congregated here to exchange the dull coins of anti-imperialism. Roosevelt launched into a stentorian defense of his island administrations and the public servants who sacrificed their careers to help ‘weaker friends along the stony and difficult path of self-government.’” Earlier that...
Channing, Stiles and Fred Weller as Nick, a headhunter who Styron calls when she fears needing a new job, all enhance the movie with their acting. Channing draws the viewer in with a vivid performance that covers all emotions and states of mind and showcases her talent much more effectively than did her other recent movies, Where the Heart Is and Practical Magic. Stiles looks a little too young to play a college graduate (perhaps her repertoire of high-school roles plays a factor here) but manages to be both acerbic and provocative at the same time...
...story of the week was the prison revolt at the Qalai Janghi fortress at Mazar-i-Sharif. Justin Huggler provided one of the most vivid and harrowing accounts of the bloodbath annotated with uncomfortable and unanswered questions in London's Independent. And in line with the growing British calls for an inquiry into the events, that paper's fiercely anti-war columnist Robert Fisk accuses the U.S. and Britain of complicity in a war crime. His argument is echoed in The Guardian where Isabel Hilton argues that the involvement of American and British personnel alongside General Dostum's men necessitates...