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...remains determined, to paraphrase Jack London, to go after inspiration with a club. Two years ago, Bergmann began her first course in poetry, at Radcliffe. “At first it was really intimidating, because this has got to be the poetry center of the world??every writer has gotta live in Cambridge,” she says...
This is not to say that no one in America is aware of the importance of keeping an eye on the rest of the world??s thoughts. In liberal circles, “multinarrativism” is as hip as multiculturalism—but with it comes the same danger that individual identity will be subsumed by generalized, catch-all groupings. Multinarrativism can mean that we listen to stories from Mexico and Jordan and India only to interpret them as national opinions, ignoring the unique voice of the writer. Those who watch al Jazeera know all too well...
Harvard claims to be the world??s leading institution of higher learning; yet its professors are older than ever. For some, the graying of the faculty means that the University becomes less cutting edge without the dynamism of young senior faculty—or it at least makes them worry about the possibility. But the trend is not necessarily bad news for undergraduates or the University on the whole...
...marketing, compared to a paltry 11 percent on R&D (Pfizer spends 35 percent on marketing and only 15 percent on R&D; Abbott is no better, spending 23 percent on marketing and 10 percent on R&D). To top it off, the pharmaceutical industry is also the world??s most profitable, raking in three times the Fortune 500 average...
...faux-French accent—causes the crowd of British tourists and local foodies to guffaw and titter. The march through Prudential Center to the Top of the Hub with Chef Le Pet Omaine waving his wooden ladle at the front is a scene taken straight from Disney World??over-the-top acting, audience participation...