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Even more importantly, amidst these fish, metaphors, and critiques, “Darwin’s Nightmare” demonstrates the validity of political expression in art today. In recent years, particularly with Michael Moore’s films like “Fahrenheit 9/11,” both casual viewers and uptight critics questioned whether political documentaries constitute “propaganda.” With each box office hit also came strong critiques and even counter-argumentative books and films...
What are you doing next summer?” belongs in the pantheon of questions that Harvard students secretly cannot wait to be asked. Standing amidst such classics and standard-bearers as “Where do you go to school,” “What are you doing after graduation,” and “You must be really smart, right,” the “summer question”––soon to gain ubiquity with the approach of spring––is a guilty...
...streets is just as important as the debates that rage between philosophers. At first, I saw a place that had fallen apart. Walking the streets of old Havana, I passed decaying buildings in a city that formerly boasted grand, Spanish-influenced architecture. Instead of sunny-colored stucco walls amidst tall white columns, I saw rotting doorways, paintless exteriors, and decayed molding. But after a few days of speaking with my Cuban friends, I began to find myself impressed with what Cubans did have. The government provides universal health care, education, housing, and food rations. It even generously funds the arts...
...Amidst those tensions, says Alvarez, the Citgo program is proof that Chavez?s revolution is still fond of Americans, if not their government. (Citgo, Chavez aides point out, is also a NASCAR sponsor.) "We?ll continue to support a people whose government is hostile to us," says Alvarez. "We have nothing against this country." Venezuelans and Americans might feel that way, but for the moment it seems that no amount of heating oil, no matter how deeply discounted, could thaw the enmity between their two governments...
...Amidst the bevy of loose balls, broken offensive plays, and missed free throws on Friday night, the Harvard women’s basketball team snuck out of its own Laivetes Pavilion with a much-needed—if never certain—win over Yale. But when senior guard Laura Robinson stepped to the free throw line with the Crimson clinging to a two-point lead, the Harvard bench sat back and added its first tally to the Ivy win column. “She’s ice,” said Harvard Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith...