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Andrea H. Kurtz

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The Value of a Vowel

THE USER ILLUSION: CUTTING CONSCIOUSNESS DOWN TO SIZE By Tor Norretranders Translated by Jonathan Sydenham Viking 280 pp., $29.95 A


Is There Any Glory in Avoiding the Conservatory? Yo-Yo Ma '76 Did It, and You Can Too

"What are you doing at Harvard?" If someone asks you this question, you're either a) an engineering sciences concentrator or


Enthusiasm, Energy Mark Berlin Symphony Showing

You thought encore performances only occurred at rock concerts, where the screams and chants of die-hard groupies eventually convince the


Alumnus Plans to Clone Humans

Dr. Richard H. Seed '49 recently became the center of controversy when he announced his intention to clone a human


Dazzling HRO Mixes Old and New Classical

You wouldn't judge a book by its cover, so why judge an orchestra by its program? Last Friday, the Harvard-Radcliffe


How I Stopped Fretting and Learned to Love the Net

Are you a middle-aged member (preferably male) of corporate America yearning for a comprehensive guidebook to the conceptual foundations of


Devil Inside Mr. Gatti: How to Make an Audience Faint

They came in droves. Silver-haired classical music connoisseurs, critics and the rare college student streamed into Symphony Hall on Sunday


Just a Spoonful of Sugar

Get out the megavitamins, grab those acupuncture needles and call your psychic healer--now is the time to visualize your way