Word: approachableness
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...involved in every aspect of the filmmaking process,” he says. With a Fulbright Scholarship secured for the filming of a feature-length documentary in Siberia next year, Berman has ensured that he will have the opportunity to bring that hands-on approach to a future project even more ambitious than his science fiction supernova romance...
This appraisal might seem correct, but some readers might not take issue at Harvard’s individualistic approach. After all, it seems that the idea of community at a university is not appropriate in today’s spirit of modern equality. Each student, free to make of his time here what he wishes, can, as the College’s admissions video reminds its viewers, make academics “whatever you choose it to be.” The same could be said, then, of every other component of student life as well...
...subject is violence and the impossibility of describing it: violence is an atrocity that immolates language itself, turns us into dumb animals and brute flesh. But Martel's story is so arbitrary and oblique that its savage truth almost misses making itself felt. There may be no way to approach the unspeakable other than sneaking up on it with a winding story like Henry's and toylike nonsense characters like Beatrice and Virgil. But Beatrice and Virgil falls victim to its own paradox: speaking of the unspeakable is a dangerous game that a writer must play to lose. The trick...
...permanent approach to lowering sodium consumption is by altering the way manufacturers produce their food, Willett said, adding that regulations are needed to help combat the overconsumption of sodium because food companies that voluntarily choose to reduce the levels of sodium in their food can be put at a competitive disadvantage...
...skill, and making CS 50 accessible to students with all levels of prior experience should be a priority. Nevertheless, the course is clearly accessible already; 72 percent of last term’s class had no previous programming background. This is largely a testament to Malan’s approach: His lecture style is engaging, and he draws teaching fellows from the pool of undergraduates who have already taken the class. Instructors offer a tremendous number of office hours, the sections are tracked, and Malan himself continually emphasizes that students of all levels can succeed in this environment...