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...born to the role: son of a Boston executive, prep-school boy, Harvard grad, a Navy ensign (like Mister Roberts' Pulver). From the start he was a master of comic timing, of the buttoned-down double take. That flummoxed look paired nicely with his ricochet vocal rhythms--he'd race through phrases, then put a twist on the crucial word. Unlike most other Hollywood actors, who relax and seem to bathe in their star quality, Lemmon worked hard. He let you read his reading of the character. His acting was less about being than about doing...
...would have been Kissinger’s first public appearance in Harvard Square since the former professor left over four decades ago to join the Nixon administration. Harvard’s prodigal son is said to have held a grudge against Harvard ever since his former colleagues turned into vocal critics of Nixon’s Vietnam policies...
...anything, items such as that continually prompt me to appreciate the changes vocal women (indeed, such as Brunka) have made since then...
...Carolina must seek town approval before embarking on the construction, because the current zoning agreement between the town and university sets a cap on the number of square feet that Carolina can build. The most vocal opponents to Carolina’s expansion are residents of neighborhoods adjacent to the campus, which would lose the undeveloped buffer that now separates them from the school. Other residents merely object on the basis of the impact the plans would have on the town’s traffic patterns or environment. They don’t want the development to destroy the small...
...will bring back the eugenic program of the Nazis. In tones perhaps more appropriate for a dramatic reading of Revelations, they describe the “post-human future” that would arrive once “The Clones” are loosed upon us. As one vocal supporter prophesied, “once embryonic clones are produced in laboratories, the eugenic revolution will have begun.” Other concerns are more basic, and some are even flippant—would a woman’s clone be legally classified as her daughter or her twin? What would...