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...those few of us who do recognize Pi Day--and celebrate it separately from Albert Einstein's birthday, which is also March 14--will continue on our own, taking in its honor 3.14 slow drinks from a perfectly cylindrical mug. And we will imagine better times, when the whole nation (nay, the world) can join in a truly universal holiday--when 3/14 will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartboard | 3/16/2001 | See Source »

...form of dialogue in the community." Berry, Bassett and Glover are committed to keeping their audience fully engaged emotionally and mentally. The juxtaposition of such intense meaning of the words and overwhelming emotional energy leave the viewer consumed by the lives of Boesman and Lena. Fugard was enthralled by Albert Camus's idea of "courageous pessimism," a quality he believes we should have in order to live significantly. Knowing the possibilities before her, Lena risks her life and even proposes her own death to her husband Boesman, projecting her will and power over him. Berry, who was blacklisted...

Author: By Desiree L. Lyle, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Film Archieve Features Black Arts | 3/16/2001 | See Source »

...tune of "Everybody Dance Now," Albert H. Cho '02 and Jessica A. Fragola '04 stripped down to their underwear--in protest Harvard's membership in the Fair Labor Association (FLA), a consortium founded by manufacturing companies such as Nike to monitor working conditions in foreign factories...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Perform Striptease To Protest Sweatshop Labor | 3/1/2001 | See Source »

...shocked and dismayed that The Crimson would print the cartoon ("The Ideal Harvard President," Feb. 14) by Jason Farris, an illustrator for Maxim magazine. Why would this figure, with its dysmorphically thin, highly-available female body and Albert Einstein's head be "ideal" as president? Because he or she would be smart--"like a man"--but also sexually available? Or because his or her male students could ogle and leer while walking to class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 2/22/2001 | See Source »

...stable of newspapers and magazines worldwide, has always been privately owned by the reclusive Mohn family. Under the terms of the latest deal, however, Bertelsmann is acquiring 30% of RTL's shares-it already owns 37%-from Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, a Belgian investment firm owned by billionaires Albert Fr?re and Paul Desmarais. Instead of cash, GBL agreed to take 25.1% of Bertelsmann shares. More importantly, the deal allows GBL to sell its shares on the stock market in three years, the first time Bertelsmann stock will be available to the public. "The dogma is broken," said Bertelsmann ceo Thomas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bulking Up for Battle | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

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