Word: adjustability
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...little money making it,” says Costanzo. “With movies like that, you have to push yourself. It forced us to get creative with many different things.” It certainly encouraged people to improvise. Shot in only 19 days, many scenes had to adjust to accommodate last-minute changes. One of these improvisational scenes ended up being one of Costanzo and Song’s favorites. Their two characters, Ming and Ryan, sit beside a lake and talk. “It’s a real moment in the film...
...make those essential connections so that you never have to get a real job. Schmooze with high society at the Breakers resort in Palm Beach as a pool and beach attendant. But be warned that the standards are high—only those who can apply sun-block, adjust an umbrella, and mix a stiff gin and tonic all at once need apply. (And we’re guessing that cabana-boy man-thongs are par for the course as well.) Jump on these opportunities and this summer need not be lost. And while you?...
...space were denied because of low use patterns over the past year—but instead of giving the space to more deserving groups, the offices will go empty. This ill-advised decision to punish student groups assumes unfairly that a few months is enough time for organizations to adjust to a forced migration to a new location. By choosing to locate the hub of student group space in the Quad, Harvard administrators should have realized that it would take time and persuasion for students to overcome the substantial psychological barriers to such a shift. Executed largely without input from...
...Your Harvard experience will not be defined by the four walls that surround you, but by the people that surround you. So what if your shower head is only about four feet high and one section of floor in your common room is permanently sticky? You’ll adjust better than you realize. As hard as it is to believe now, your happiness next year is not directly proportional to the amount of square feet in your room. It is, however, inversely proportional to the amount of free “gifts” that John emits into your...
...also introduces them to the Cambridge and Boston area through a variety of trips, including one to Fenway Park for a Red Sox game.It can be an international student’s first introduction to American culture, and without the socially engaging, diverse FIP leadership staff, the process of adjustment would be vastly more difficult. “I was a FIP refugee,” Gong says.Despite being denied access to the program, Gong remained undaunted and successfully integrated herself into the Woodbridge Society. “In my particular case it was seeing that potential in Woodbridge...