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...relation to the world." His book is ostensibly just a survey of research and case histories of patients whose inner lives have been fundamentally changed by music. Yet in revealing the exquisite complexity of the ways in which our minds are attuned to music, Sacks sharpens our desire to understand its enigma...
...dark side of the street, where you couldn't tell the good guys from the bad. "Part of the appeal of Shakespeare is that he takes you back to some imagined, glorious past," says Taylor. "But Middleton is overwhelmingly modern. He writes about a world that we immediately understand, in terms of money, politics, sex. Read a Middleton play and it's like it was written yesterday...
...Prep School league. Now settling into her first year at Harvard, Ryabkina hopes to use her speed and knack for finding the back of the net to help the Crimson while adjusting to a more team-oriented style of play.“At this level, right now, I understand why you have to play the systems,” she says. “The level of hockey is so high, you can’t do anything by yourself.” Chute, in contrast to her Ukrainian classmate, is a decidedly homegrown collegiate hockey player. She earned...
...skunk at a garden party. The IG must maintain a good working relationship with the agency director but at the same time maintain independence. At the CIA, for instance, there is always tension when headquarters staff investigate field operatives, who often complain that the Langley suits don't understand field conditions, says Frederick Hitz, CIA IG from 1990 1998 and now a lecturer in public and international affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. "That accusation is leveled at every IG; I got it in spades," he recalls, even though he began his career in the clandestine branch, running...
...change worked, and Harvard returned to the ice reinvigorated for the final period. After the game, Stone was happy to have come away with a victory, but stressed that the Crimson needs to tighten up its performance in the coming weeks. “Hopefully these guys will understand that the win gives us confidence, the separating themselves in the third period gives us confidence,” Stone said. “But they also know that they can come better prepared.” -Staff writer Loren Amor can be reached at lamor@fas.harvard.edu...