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...moment - the boomers. We too have our own iconic Christmas movie: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Clark Griswold personifies all of our ideals to the extreme. Every year we confront the hassles of "exterior illumination," the perfect tree, the extravagant and costly family gifts, the visiting relatives who wish they were somewhere else, the big dinner, the disorganized cleanup afterward and the demolished, sad-looking house we are left with. Yet despite it all, we never fail to say to ourselves, "We did it." When we watch the movie every year, we are not laughing at Griswold's unreal expectations...
...dialogue—may hurt us more than heal us. Our impulse is to discuss, discuss, and discuss some more so that we may rationalize and reason. But sometimes coping with a misery entails quietness and inner reflection. And of course, there is the truth that so few wish to recognize: Sometimes, there is no warm glow, and the best we can hope for is clarity within ourselves. Lucy M. Caldwell ’09 is a history and literature concentrator in Adams House. Her column appears on alternate Tuesdays...
Over the past several years, Gutlerner has reached out to students from the Spoken Word Society and Cambridge One-to-One, a volunteer program based out of the Phillips Brooks House Association. He has also secured teaching internships for undergraduates who wish to pursue the profession but cannot enroll in UTEP...
...Gossip”) PPCE: “The Wire.” Because both Weezy and the HBO drama are morally ambiguous, are the best at what they do, and keep me from doing anything productive with my life. 1. “And I know you probably wish you never met me / And I just wish you never forget me.” PPCE: “The Darjeeling Limited” and LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends.” Because look, I get emotional sometimes, okay? —Jake...
...evidence also included 12,000 recorded conversations - including one in which the leader of the ragtag group, Narseal Batiste, spoke of waging a "ground war" - surveillance photos some defendants took of federal buildings in Miami, wish lists of weapons and a request for $50,000 given to an FBI informant purporting to represent al-Qaeda...