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OED’s word of the year

Hypermiling — a concept foreign to most New Yawkers — is the OED’s word of the year. (Last month I attended the OED’s anniversary events on OUP’s dime.)

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On (and from) Graham Greene: A Life in Letters

Richard Greene’s Graham Greene: A Life in Letters, finally published in the States early next month, collects a wide sampling of the author’s voluminous correspondence and is, for any admirer of the work who’s interested in understanding the author, an indispensable resource. Greene was a passionate man, a stubborn man, a sometimes-loyal but often-disloyal (sometimes rather self-importantly so) man, and . . .

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Harlem, November 4, 2008

Couldn’t get a copy of the Times, but I’ll always remember the jubilation in the streets of Manhattan on election night. This shot was taken by my brother-in-law, Joseph Clarke, shortly after Obama’s speech.

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