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Nothing would more damn a book about boredom than if it were boring. Patricia Meyer Spacks's Boredom: The Literary History of a State of Mind largely avoids that awkward possibility: as literary studies go, in fact, it's a real walk in the park...
...came out to meet him (there were more of them than of us) and I started snapping away. I saw my classmate Karena Gore '95 in the middle of the reception line and thought I'd have the perfect Harvard angle for my shot. But there were so many damn Kennedys that I ran out of film by the time he got to her. It was too bad, because he stopped when he saw her, gave her a kiss and chatted for a while...
...year-old Broadway revival of the 1955 musical Damn Yankees needed a kick in the pants. So last week the cast got a fresh face, and it is the audience that's getting the kicks. The new boy is JERRY LEWIS, playing the devil. Those who doubted that the veteran comic (69 next week) could play the part without stealing-or ruining-the show have to give the devil his due. In previews (he opens officially this Sunday), Lewis' performance has been mostly shtick-free-and has drawn standing ovations. Says Lewis: "I'm bringing some of my insanity...
...Asked why he subjected himself to the Pudding's harassment," Ms. Rose writes, unironically, "Hanks could not find an answer. 'You know, that's a damn good question.'" That Mr. Hanks was participating in a time-honored tradition of mutual ribbing--Michelle Pfeiffer said that she was considering using the Hasty Pudding Pot to help toilet-train her toddler--was obvious to everyone in attendance, or so one would have thought. How then to understand Ms. Rose's use of this quote? Was she deliberately, disingenuously distorting what Mr. Hanks had said in order to further her own sloppy sophistries...
...just started dating this great guy, "George." He's achingly sexy, seductively funny and damn well-groomed. And to top it all off, he's nice to me! I'm so attracted to him. I sat next to George in class the other day and was having trouble keeping my hands off of him. Every time our legs brushed against each other, I got all tingly. I thought about jumping him right there in Harvard Hall, but at the last second decided against it. I don't know if I can be so reserved next time, Norma. Libidinal in Leverett...