Word: amidst
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...Amidst daily city traffic, a woman stands, emotionless, holding a hand-made sign with the words “I AM A MAN” written in bold. The image described is part of “In the Near Future” by Sharon Hayes, one of six works in a Carpenter Center exhibition entitled “Two or Three Things I Know About Her.” The show, up through April 6, was inspired by Jean-Luc Godard’s influential 1966 film, “Two or Three Things I Know About...
...bevy of eager freshmen eyeing their coach and hoping for game time.The seven Crimson first-years make up one of coach Kathy Delaney-Smith’s biggest classes ever, and several of them have seen significant action this season.But with the Ivy title on the line amidst Senior Night festivities at Lavietes, Delaney-Smith left the young ones on the bench and let her seniors carry Harvard to its biggest—and most hard-fought—victory of the season.The Crimson’s senior trio of co-captains Lindsay Hallion and Jessica Knox and forward Adrian...
...leave your room (probably to turn in a draft), stop by Cardullo’s and pick up a sumptuous, overpriced foreign delicacy. It’s not like you’re spending your money on nights out drinking anymore, and brie and camembert taste even better amidst the scattered plastic ruins of a take-out meal from the Kong.(A word on the Kong. If you must indulge, do so with Nalgene after Nalgene of water, or else your salt consumption might render you incapable of typing due to massively bloated, swollen fingers. Even if you don?...
...their firstborn than relinquish their entitlement to the family sedan. And naturally, many have lambasted for years the environmental destruction brought upon by this auto-centric culture. Yet as the U.S. continues to look for a balance between going green and the American dream, India has found its place amidst the controversy with its new initiative, the Tata Corporation’s Nano, also known as the “world’s cheapest car.” Rather than criticize the environmental impact of this car, people around the world should praise these Indian innovators for their contribution...
...also innovative, reaches its apex. Here, Thiong’o presents Kamiti, a sensitive and perceptive young man, who tries several times to escape from the corrupt society that surrounds him to keep himself spiritually pure. He encounters Nyawira, a young woman who actively fights for social change amidst the corrupted society, as they flee from the police. Although at first they are wary of one another, they end up cooperating to scare off the policeman who follows them by posturing as the Wizard of the Crow. From this original collaboration, a whole mythos is created. The officer later comes...