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Check out the living ball of adorable fur, rollicking in grass that might as well wilt and die of shame from being in the same picture of Max and his lustrous black coat. Look at how he daintily lifts a paw, as his dark eyes sit like deep wells in the face of a poet. What a creature...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: Lesson of the Day: Max is Cute, and Don't You Forget It | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

...History Program. “As both a spouse and a colleague, I think it is wonderful.” McCormick’s role in her department—that of teacher and researcher—will not change significantly now that she has received tenure, said Wilt Idema, the chair of the East Asian Languages and Civilizations department. But the psychology of her job has shifted. “There is much less anxiety,” Idema said. “Much of the pressure is taken off.” “I kind...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Genji Scholar Is Tenured | 8/30/2009 | See Source »

McCormick’s role in her department – that of teacher and researcher – will not change significantly now that she has received tenure, said Wilt Idema, the chair of the East Asian Languages and Civilizations department. But the psychology of her job has shifted...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Art Historian, East Asian Scholar McCormick Given Tenure | 8/27/2009 | See Source »

...dean of FAS and now director of the Fairbank Center, wrote in an e-mailed statement that while the changes in circulation at Fung are of lesser importance, "much more worrisome is the diminution of [HCL's] services, capacity, and commitment" to the Fung Library's distinctive collections. And Wilt L. Idema, chair of the department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, expressed concerns about the effect of budget pressures on HCL's ability to provide services, support research, purchase increasingly expensive academic materials, and expand and maintain collections. "A library is not a dead thing," Idema said. "A library...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HCL Restricts Fung Library Circulation | 7/17/2009 | See Source »

...approximated family life exactly: it was mostly good-natured and often boring and centered on the most basic transactions of daily existence - getting everybody dressed and fed, cleaning up, keeping quarrels to a simmer, not a boil. Now and then - in moments that genuinely did seem unscripted - Kate would wilt, leaning against the kitchen counter with a cup of coffee and seeming, for the twinkling of an eye, as though she were allowing herself to absorb the shock of it all. But then she would shake it off, plow forward, harass Jon into making himself a lower-calorie lunch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Hope for the American Marriage? | 7/2/2009 | See Source »

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