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...Sacher-Masoch has a particular brand of eroticism that is particularly cold and disembodied. His eroticism is more like an ice cube than steam. 7. FM: Complete this sentence: Sex at Harvard...MK: (Laughs) That’s one sentence that is left incomplete. 8. FM: Word on the street is that you are a pretty snappy dresser. Say you’re having a one-on-one meeting with President Drew G. Faust. What would you wear?MK: I would wear a dark blue suit, a vibrant tie and French cuffs. 9. FM: And what would...
Does Eliot House have enough drama to sustain its very own gossip blog? One Harvard student, who chooses to remain anonymous, thinks so. Enter The EL Word, which is, according to its blogger, “your one and only source into the scandalous lives of the Eliot elite.” The EL Word first began posting “gossip” in mid-January and still has relatively few entries—most of which are observational: “A senior boys’ blocking group is conducting a facial hair competition...
...Confidence, as many have argued, is crucial during a credit crisis. Derived from the Latin word credere, “to trust, entrust, believe,” credit depends on a threshold of trust to lubricate functioning capital markets. If financial institutions, as creditors, do not trust their debtors—be they individuals, investment funds, or other banks—these institutions will not lend. As the grand dame of economic historians, Anna Schwartz, said in October: “The basic problem for the markets is [uncertainty] that the balance sheets of financial firms are credible...
Nixon enjoyed the word czar to describe his point people, but over time, Presidents became wary of it. There was no going back, however. Commentators and headline writers loved the term packed so much punch for such a little word...
...word - and video - of the embarrassing incident got out, Nakagawa also stole positive attention away from this week's historic visit from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Japan. Nakagawa's press conference Tuesday nearly coincided with the briefing that announced the invitation that Clinton extended to Aso to be the first foreign leader to visit the White House under President Barack Obama's administration. "The opposition party is looking to make an opportunity out of this big mistake," says Credit Suisse chief economist Hiromichi Shirakawa. Shirakawa says that if there were economic implications of Nakagawa's resignation, they...