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...social scientist," he said before giving an undergraduate lecture on revolution. "Democracy is sweeping the world. History is on our side." That's serious talk, reflecting Ibrahim's hope that Egyptians continue moving toward their goal, as best they can. But will they manage to keep their sense of humor along...
...Shieber] is an amazingly well-organized perfectionist,” Lewis wrote in an e-mail. “His lectures are extremely well planned and his courses are thoughtfully put together. At the same time he laces all his presentations with understated humor which keeps them lively and interesting...
Dave Eggers, in his best-selling A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Vintage, 2001) recounts with candor and humor how he raised Toph, a brother 13 years his junior, following the death of their parents within 32 days of each other. "I have to get a resume together," Eggers wrote, "and we have to find a new place to live when the sublet ends, and how will Toph get to school if I get an early job...Should I lighten my hair? Does that whitening toothpaste really work? Toph needs health insurance. I need health insurance...
...back out, even though I felt like all the plans had been made by some other guy (a younger, faster, much more eager other guy). In final days before I left, I drove back my growing feelings of doubt with caffeine, a sense of humor, and by "compartmentalizing" my doubts (of course, only criminals and drug addicts use "denial...
...initial meeting with Rudenstine, Dean of Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles remembers, “I saw him as he is: an infinitely thoughtful and charming man, intellectually serious and wide-ranging, engaging, and having a wonderful (and sometimes whimsically distilled) sense of humor...