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Thursday night's showing of "Love Story" was a true rite of passage for the freshman class. The event showcased Harvard's legendary dry wit, an intellectual disdain for the mawkishness of popular culture, and the disparaging insouciance of those who've made it to top. It was also obscene...
...report criticizes Johnson's behavior, quoting anonymous "wit- nesses" as saying that the chief of police is"a very poor manager" and never missed anopportunity "to stick it to [Stanford...
Slate was well-known in Cambridge for his Yankee thrift and unique, dry wit. He often ate lunch at Bartley's Burger Cottage on Mass. Ave., where he joked with friends about who could run the most thrifty business...
...wit and compassion, theatergoers are likely to find the show most impressive for Hawthorne, who moved from South Africa to London in 1951 and spent the next quarter-century as a journeyman waiting to be noticed via an endless series of character parts, walk-ons and outright rejections at audition. He may not have helped his cause with sufficient ego. "Only at 50," he admits, "did I fully realize I wanted to be an actor." At that point, Yes, Minister made a star of Hawthorne, who bears a striking resemblance to Ralph Richardson. In the past few years Hawthorne found...
...younger brother (Cameron Boyd) is sent off to relatives so that the family can save money. Next his mother enters a tuberculosis sanatorium. Finally his father hits the road selling watches -- the only job he can get in the Depression. That leaves Aaron, who hides his survivor's wit under a deadpan demeanor, to fend for himself in the shabby hotel where the declassed Kurlanders have washed...