Word: cardboard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sitting sullen and silent on the ledge of a BankBoston window, Daniel sits before a cardboard box with a couple of dollar bills in it, moving only to crack a happy smile and nod enthusiastically to passersby who stop and drop him some change...
...seems I am not the only one interested in this book--the cardboard cover is duct-taped in a way that suggests frequent use, consultation and study. It might be of service in harassing alumni on behalf of some Harvard fundraising organ, canvassing for a job, or doing research for a profile of a now-famous graduate. None of these legitimate reasons pertain to me, however. I'm in it for the pictures...
...hallway, brothers Kenny and Camiloare helping Beeman transform a cardboard box intoa puppet show theater for the group's show nextweek. Kenny is something of a showman, prancingaround grinning and making faces despite handsdrenched in green paint...
...background. An old mural shows a young Saddam smiling; next to it a photo mural depicts an older, grimmer leader. There is nothing to eat here at the cafe except some custard puddings and a pile of Turkish delight. Holes near the roof line are filled in with little cardboard squares. The windows are half covered in tattered plastic. The men say they are resigned to more bombs destroying their city. "I cannot change it," says a 65-year-old backgammon player as his friends nod agreement, "so I do not worry. I will just defend myself and my country...
...asked who the president of Radcliffe is, Livelli asserted that it is definitely "Linda somebody." Livelli was able to name the president of Harvard, however, but when asked about President Rudenstine, Livelli pondered, "Does Neil exist? I saw him once, but I thought that it might have been a cardboard cutout...