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...pull off. Foer's rendition of the Allied bombing of Dresden, in a flashback involving Oskar's grandfather Thomas, has the punishing, visceral vividness of the battle scenes from The Red Badge of Courage. "Rapid, approaching explosions" sound "like an applauding audience running toward us." After the first wave of bombs, Thomas rushes out into the firestorm to find his girlfriend: "I grabbed the doorknob and it took the skin off my hand, I saw the muscles of my palm, red and pulsing, why did I grab it with my other hand...
...Banknorth Garden likely doesn’t represent the wave crest of corporate sponsorship. Reality bites, but right now it’s better to ride the wave out—wait ’til sponsorship really becomes unfashionable before beginning to fight against it. Accordingly, we are left wondering how much we could get for naming rights to the editorial office...
...Crimson (19-7, 11-2 Ivy) rode a wave of euphoria to a 92-71 victory at Lavietes Pavilion, rising above a physical Penn team (15-12, 8-6) and setting up the first of two possible Ivy League championship games tomorrow night against Dartmouth...
...years, those names have sent a wave of fear through the other members of the Ivy League. The southernmost Ivy outposts have consistently proven to be two of the toughest places to play in all of college basketball. Harvard hasn’t won at Jadwin since 1989 or at the Palestra since...
...band’s sound, and live performances are a completely different experience. This is why it may be worth it to cough up the dough to catch Interpol at the Orpheum next week, as they’re one of the few bands in the post-Strokes wave that have made a name for especially killer live performances. Say what you will about 2004’s Antics, but their debut album, Turn On The Bright Lights, was a almost undisputed classic, channeling the gloomy 80s through a cultivated veneer of sneering guitar and downcast vocals, and oh that...