Call it magic, but the rain held off while Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling delivered the keynote address this afternoon (June 5) at Harvard University’s annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. At least one Harry Potter was on hand for the speech, wearing the trademark round glasses and a flowing black Gryffindor robe. But Alastair Beeson of Manhattan, age 10, was disappointed at how slowly hundreds of alumni were shuffling to their seats. ‘At the rate this line is moving,’ he said, peering around for a sight of Rowling, ‘every one of us could get our book signed.’
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