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...feels more like a break from that phase of Gaga’s career than a continuation of it. No longer do songs need to play contiguously, videos don’t have to relate in any way to their song’s subject matter, and product placement can be as deliberately unsubtle as Gaga’s numerous outfits. At times it all gets a little too ridiculous (twinkie-sharing scene in the pussy wagon = awkward), and it’s still hard to tell why featured artist Beyoncé feels like she lives...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Lady Gaga ft. Beyoncé | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

When he entered Harvard, he had scored a two on the Calculus AP exam, failed a French placement test, and was unsure of the difference between derivative and partial derivative notation, but Steven Levitt ’89, author of New York Times best-seller Freakonomics, has come a long way from his undergraduate days...

Author: By Juliana L. Stone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Levitt Discusses Unlikely Route to Economics | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...Checkpoints,” McPhee good-naturedly summarizes the unglamorous aspects of journalism: the deliberations about comma placement, the silly follow-up interviews, the tension between writer, editor, fact-checker and subject. It’s enough to deter many who, after the quiet delights of the preceding essays, might understandably wish to quit their day jobs and write for “The New Yorker.” But while it certainly obliterates any illusions that McPhee’s job is an easy one, it is also an affirmation of why his essays are worthwhile, both...

Author: By Abigail B. Lind, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: John McPhee’s ‘Silk Parachute’ Is an Uplifting Triumph of Style | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

Score: +1,000 for lots of rooms, +300 for pianos, -200 for their placement, +1,000 for the library

Author: By Elias A. Shaaya, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Housing Market Reviews: Eliot House | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...Look out for the continued wing motif in this one—the first word out of Paul’s mouth is “wing,” and there is a 25-cent wings sign adorning the wall behind him. Talk about product placement...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Senior Gift Adds to Video Frenzy | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

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