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...design over the course of a full-length novel. Perhaps the greatest strength of the form is that the story relies so heavily on what is left unsaid. Every gesture, every phrase, every detail in a great story takes on additional significance since it both signals the literal action and evokes everything that is left out of a scene...

Author: By Theodore J. Gioia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Making the Case for the American Story | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

...think your experience, having been born in America, raised in America and lived in Sweden, seen other forms of government in action, has that shaped or impacted your own expectations or ideas of what is possible in Greece? First of all, I think this is an experience that lots of Greeks have. There are lots of Greeks in the diaspora, lots of Greeks in the United States. (See pictures of immigration in Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A with George Papandreou | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

This stark contrast should serve as a call-to-action for all Harvard students. These men and women are a constant reminder of where we as a society have failed, and so we choose to look away. We all do. When an elderly man asks us for change outside CVS or Uno’s, we pretend not to hear, or stare blankly into space while quickly moving on our way. However, becoming habituated to homelessness is not strong; it is callous. This is not to say that we are obligated to give money to the homeless on a daily...

Author: By Jacob Cedarbaum | Title: Two Cambridges | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...geekosphere was vexed that Clash was converted at the last minute from 2-D to fake 3-D. (Call it faux-D.) Costing $125 million to make (compared with Date Night's $55 million), the movie has already earned $110 million in North America and another $45 million abroad. Action movies almost always do better in foreign markets than comedies. Baby Mama, for example, took in $60.5 million at home and only $3.7 million in the rest of the world. (See pictures of Steve Carell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Weekend: Tina Topples, or Ties, Titans | 4/11/2010 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Walsh hopes to plug in junior right-hander Max Perlman as well as freshmen Joey Novak and Andrew Ferreira. Perlman, recovering from Tommy John surgery, pitched a scoreless first inning against the Big Red, and Walsh hopes he sees more action this weekend...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Hosts League Rivals | 4/9/2010 | See Source »

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