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...Paris would be prime candidates. Some architects have argued that well-planned high-rises can help reconnect Paris to its suburbs, now cut off by the belt highway around the city proper. "Of course Parisians say they're against new tall buildings when the question is posed in the abstract," says Jean-Pierre Caffet, the deputy mayor for urban development. But he hopes that minds will change when specific, high-quality projects are presented in the months to come. There are signs they would. Françoise de Panafieu, the fiery mayor of the upscale 17th arrondissement and an unyielding...
...lyrics add another layer to the band’s appeal. Sometimes otherworldly, abstract, and weirdly charming, they can also be more directly personal, as in “Les Os,” which yet maintains a sense of humor: “Tell me about your love affairs/I want to know all the lurid details...
What makes this film riskier than Braveheart or Gladiator, each of which did well commercially by anachronistically having its heroes fight and die for a form of modern democracy, is that Nathan Algren is battling for something that is somehow more personal and more abstract: a highly individual concept of honor. In the context of this very beautiful film, it is a struggle worth attending. --By Richard Schickel
...Brain, the normally black Ex floor was painted with green tiled squares, adding a froggy atmosphere. Colorful squiggly clocks and abstract shapes were stuck to the walls, and the word “Yes” hung in the back of the theater. A shiny pink platform formed a staircase on the right rear of the stage, a curtain hung on the left, and there was a projection screen near the front. A New Brain’s staging may not have been elaborate, but it was vibrant and innovative...
...policy encourages students to actively participate in politics and to become invested in issues that affect the world outside Harvard. If a new funding policy excluded activities such as protests, the IOP would miss an opportunity to let Harvard students do more than just learn about politics on an abstract level. Encouraging collective action is one of many valuable ways to combat the apathy that is common not only among students here and at other colleges, but among a whole generation of American youth...