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...than that moment at the carousel--the first-ever physical contact between a cannibal of genius and his righteous pursuer. For a second we fear that crime literature's favorite mad doctor will yank Clarice aboard the carousel. Perhaps scalp her. But not here, not now. This is the briefest caress, a boyish flirtation, a threat of things to come...
...would have guessed that the news that antiquated machines routinely miscount votes could compete for audience share with the sexual recollections of a White House intern in a thong? There are no brief outfits in this drama, and only the briefest appearances by the principals, who must realize from election results that half the country would be happy never to see them again. Bush, criticized for playing host to photo ops with a ghost Cabinet resurrected from Dad's White House, retreated last week to his ranch to nurse a boil, surely a biblical reminder that we'll all need...
Sterritt declined to be interviewed in person or by telephone, answering only by e-mail. Her responses were among the briefest that Conrad received from assistant deans. The story quoted the comments of others who defended or praised Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley Nathans, including former Assistant Dean Sarah B. Drummond, current Assistant Dean Philip A. Bean and Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68, as well as Nathans herself...
Marilyn wasn't quite an actress, in any repertory manner, and she was reportedly an increasing nightmare to work with, recklessly spoiled and unsure, barely able to complete even the briefest scene between breakdowns. Only in the movies can such impossible behavior, and such peculiar, erratic gifts, create eternal magic--only the camera has the mechanical patience to capture the maddening glory of a celluloid savant like Monroe. At her best, playing warmhearted floozies in Some Like It Hot and Bus Stop, she's like a slightly bruised moonbeam, something fragile and funny and imperiled. I don't think audiences...
...handle a difficult situation, but the physical and verbal dichotomy was clear: Harvard and Radcliffe are still very much two separate entities apparently at odds with one another even as they both continue to support such worthy causes as women's leadership on campus. It was the briefest of moments in an otherwise successful ceremony, but it reminded me just how much we still don't know about where Radcliffe stands and what a disservice to the community the administrative silence on this issue has become...