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Vendler began by joking that, unsure what to focus on during her talk, she asked fellow English professor—and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet—Jorie Graham for advice.

Author: By Elsa S. Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vendler Presents New Yeats Book | 11/28/2007 | See Source »

McCain advisers, in explaining the campaign's Iowa rationale, bounce between the need to prove that their Iowa expenditures are money well spent and the time-honored political tradition of "managing expectations." In one five-minute conversation, campaign manager Rick Davis both boasts that McCain has the "third largest organization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain's Confusing Primary Strategy | 11/16/2007 | See Source »

Ever wish you could just get out of a relationship? Then check out George Feydeau’s French farce “Take Her, She’s Yours!”—translated by Norman R. Shapiro ’51—which will open...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: French Farces at Adams House | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

By then he was back in Switzerland, in charge of marketing. When CEO Helmut Maucher began redefining Nestle's product and branding strategy, he leaned increasingly on Brabeck. He even took to calling Brabeck Suslov, a joking reference to Mikhail Suslov, notorious chief ideologist of the Soviet Communist Party. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nestle's Quick | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

He is arguably the world’s most famous experimental psychologist. His books make waves in academia and on The New York Times Bestseller List. An October 28, 2007 New York Times article cited his belief that there are over 1,200 words for “vagina.?...

Author: By Ana P. Gantman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions With Steven Pinker | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

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