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...southern Malian village of Niéna, which even today has no electricity, Koné left for France at age 10 unable to speak French. He went on to obtain a prelaw degree in the hopes of becoming a police inspector. A talent for boxing earned him two French amateur titles, and he was selected to represent France in the 1996 Summer Games. But an auto accident in early 1995 shattered his left knee, requiring 12 operations and five years of rehabilitation...
...wasn't just thumb luck. The Cabinet Door Shop is one of 1,800 companies that use a new kind of power saw, the SawStop, that is designed to stop as soon as the blade makes contact with flesh. Its inventor, Steve Gass, an amateur woodworker and patent attorney with a Ph.D. in physics, came up with the idea in 1999. Says Gass: "I was tinkering around in my shop and looked over at my saw and thought, I wonder, if you ran your hand under the blade, if you could stop it quick enough, then you wouldn...
...feelings and experiences so that anyone not rehearsed in dance techniques or history can relate,” says Chan. Other troupes performing include the South Asian Dance Company, which will incorporate folk and modern dance from South Asia, Dance Edge, a local company that displays the work of amateur choreographers, and the Harvard Philippine Forum, which will mix traditional cultural dance with new versions set to Ciara’s “One, Two Step,” among other hip-hop staples. A deviation from the more traditional dance forms—such as those...
Other troupes performing include the South Asian Dance Company, which will incorporate folk and modern dance from South Asia, Dance Edge, a local company that displays the work of amateur choreographers, and the Harvard Philippine Forum, which will mix traditional cultural dance with new versions set to Ciara’s “One Two Step,” among other hip-hop staples...
...power in reaching audiences, forming opinions, and challenging people,” says Akis P. Konstantakopoulos ’06, a VES concentrator. “This method will definitely be more successful than a bunch of people going outside and holding signs.” And already-established amateur filmmakers may not be the only ones interested in entering the competition. “The people behind the project are from very different areas—like George Clooney and the Dalai Lama—so this will appeal to a wide demographic, ranging from art students to sociology...