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...just look at this," she exclaimed, drawing her hand from the towers of the Boston skyline-with the cloudless sky as its backdrop-toward the towers of Harvard. "Just totally spectacular," she said...
...military is an indispensable backdrop," Grant said. "It allows them to create crises; it gives them status...
...reigning master of modern dance is feeling frisky these days: Fiddlers Green (which had its New York City premiere on March 3 and is now touring) is a toe-tapping, knee-slapping barn dance set in Eden, performed in front of a deep green backdrop by five men in white overalls and five women in white thigh-high shifts. The score is John's Book of Alleged Dances, a collection of minimalist hoedowns composed by John Adams and played by the Kronos Quartet; the steps have the feather-light touch of such early Taylor masterpieces as Aureole and Airs, with...
...Located about 10 minutes from Harvard, Inman Square forms the perfect backdrop for Melo's restaurant, as the neighborhood has been home to generations of Portuguese immigrants...
Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67, who oversees ADAPT, describes the project as "truly fundamental," remarking what he calls "the invisible backdrop of how the University functions...