Word: actualizing
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...percent estimate may not fully capture the actual losses from the four-month period, Harvard’s Executive Vice President Edward C. Forst ’82 said in an interview last week, noting that some of Harvard’s money is invested with external managers that have yet to report their latest figures...
...soloist distinguished himself from the ensemble by the end. The BSO returned to familiar waters with Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” to end the program. Now a staple in the symphony repertoire, the “Rite of Spring” was actually greeted at its premiere by one of the most infamous riots in the history of music. The eerie sounds shocked the audience; after all, such unusual harmonies and unresolved chords are hardly the accompaniment for a standard ballet. Yet it was this brilliant integration of folk tunes and rhythmic manipulation...
...actual level of spending reductions and the areas in which they will be made have not been determined yet, the school’s executive dean for administration, Daniel G. Ennis, said in an e-mailed statement...
...Judaism. A former Catholic who long ago converted to Judaism, she was one of Mel Gibson's most acerbic critics when he released his movie The Passion of the Christ. But her book's subtitle, "A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism," describes what she contends was Augustine's actual stance on the topic, one she says was "was little short of revolutionary" - in a good way. Excerpts from David Van Biema's interview with Fredriksen...
...major prejudice in this country.” Although Milk indeed begins to break down barriers, the movie foreshadows his untimely death. “Police hated us, and we hated them right back,” Milk says on the tape. The film begins with actual black-and-white footage from the 1970s of anti-gay rioters and police brutality being used to quash gay protests. Van Sant also splices the film’s action with witness interviews about the violence. “All we could hear was screaming, crushing, smashing. It was terrifying...