Word: aspects
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...child, the seemingly oxymoronic impulse to do violence to tiny creatures is a rather scary aspect of the world of Mom-cute; I remember with chills when, at about eight, I thought about the threat implied by my grandmother's exclamation, "Oh, I just want to eat you up!" The commentators of Cuteoverload.com rescue themselves from such twee clich?s with fine-tuned irony: "He looks so edible - I mean adorable" says one of a bunny. And they threaten to turn the violence on themselves. To judge by the comments alone, Cuteoverload.com is a factor in the demise of dozens...
...like most everything else in life in that it has its tradeoffs. Playing in front of 7,300 fans on Opening Night, meeting Roger Clemens, and enjoying countless other new opportunities more than balances out the equation. But it will still be interesting to see how the team aspect plays out for us over the long summer months ahead. —In 10 1/3 minor league innings, Frank has allowed only two earned runs. He can be reached at fherrman@fas.harvard.edu. His diary appears every Wednesday...
...polished pieces, doing justice to Commins’ exceptionally inventive compositions. But because of the inconvenient shape of the stage, the orchestra had to be muffled backstage, making it very difficult for the actors to listen to it during the performance.While Commins tried to improve the musical and acoustical aspect of the production by tailoring the songs to the vocal range of the actors and reducing the size of the orchestra, the lag between the singers and the ensemble was, at times, noticeable.While professionalism and technical perfection were not expected from a production put together entirely by freshmen, the cast...
Safah is part of a seldom-discussed aspect of the epidemic of kidnappings in Iraq: sex trafficking. No one knows how many young women have been kidnapped and sold since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. The Organization for Women's Freedom in Iraq, based in Baghdad, estimates from anecdotal evidence that more than 2,000 Iraqi women have gone missing in that period. A Western official in Baghdad who monitors the status of women in Iraq thinks that figure may be inflated but admits that sex trafficking, virtually nonexistent under Saddam, has become a serious issue. The collapse...
...policies disproportionately affect athletes, as they miss class more frequently than most students to play. From early morning practices to the biggest games of the year, student-athletes experience Harvard in a different scope, and College administrators would be well served to better inform their decisions relating to every aspect of student life...