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...Rather than a biographical re-hash - wise, for possibly only Jesus bests Lincoln in the number of published books devoted to a single person - Gopnik offers a meditation on each man's most literary qualities: Lincoln's deceptively simple legalistic language and Darwin's crystalline powers of observation. And what could have been a gimmick (a book timed to twin bicentennials is as close as historical biographies get to a home run) becomes something more, a learned treatise that worships learning. Gone is the overly twee writing of Gopnik's memoir-inflected works (Paris to the Moon, Through the Children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Darwin, Lincoln and the Modern World | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...feel like the Harvard dating scene helped or hindered you for the real world? SY: Our approach is much more about modeling the real world on the Web rather than using the dating expertise we learned, but I wouldn’t say it was the awesome Harvard dating scene that influenced us to start up the Web site...

Author: By Catherine A. Zielinski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Sam A. Yagan ’99 | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

...Last night, junior and former Eagle Anna McDonald was wearing crimson, rather than scoring the game-winner for the other team. This time around, it was BC that held the upper hand in the national polls...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SIDEBAR:Schaus is Hero Again for Boston College, Stifles Crimson on Way to Championship | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

...Obama condoms, but this overflowing eatery hadn’t thought to create a celebratory cocktail? Unacceptable. “If you come up with one, and it’s good, we’ll put it on the menu,” our waiter told us. Or rather, challenged us. As it turns out, he had told the bartender to come up with a rival concoction, and he would decide the winner based on a random taste test among other customers. After a few minutes of brainstorming, we called our waiter over.“Here you have...

Author: By Charles R. Melvoin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Window 21 to the World | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

...done anything, there wouldn't be much to celebrate. But I've been a pretty good member and I've worked hard and I've gotten a lot of legislation through. I've done a lot of things for the people I serve and for the country. I'd rather be remembered for that than for the length of time I've served...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rep. John Dingell | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

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