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...into guitar crescendos and epic sonics that seem plucked straight from U2’s “Joshua Tree.” Consider him a revisionist, not a plagiarist. Bird’s music often complements a simple melody in the foreground with complex string arrangements in the background. However, in some songs, he tends to oversimplify. In “Plasticities,” Bird matches his voice with the guitar, note-for-note. Although it aligns with his style of mixing the simple with the mega-sonic, here it comes off as too basic. Bird frequently does...
...OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA: A NATURAL HISTORY OF FOUR MEALS by Michael Pollan A bunch of grapes, an egg, a ham bone, and a curiously shaped mushroom spotlighted against a black background: this dramatic still-life, coupled with austere gold lettering and the words “natural history,” succeeds in making this food look as plastic and unappetizing as humanly possible. STEALING BUDDHA’S DINNER: A MEMOIR by Bich Mihn Nguyen With cute pastel pink lettering and a tantalizing candy dish containing a Nestle’s Drumstick, Skittles, a candy necklace...
When the call came to emergency services, all the operator could decipher over the foreign voices howling in the background was a man yelling, "Sinking water, sinking water!" The operator implored the man to pass the phone to an English speaker, but he just kept shouting those two words before the line...
...wasn't available in Brazil. In 2000 the company set up an 18-month-long postgraduate course to train its engineers in aerodynamics and flight mechanics. So far, nearly 800 people have taken the course. "We create from inside, and we are now delivering engineers with a specialist aerospace background," says Peter Clignett, a Dutch lecturer in Embraer's program. "The better the engineers, the better the finished product...
...cultural concerns of minority students. Unlike general concerns about social or academic life at Harvard, minority students must often consider issues particular to their racial or ethnic background—fears of prejudice, stereotyping, and cultural isolation. Those concerns are best addressed by students with shared experiences and cultural backgrounds. Hence the need for personal phone calls from current students or specific pairings at prefrosh weekend; these students can act as both resources and liaisons to the cultural communities on campus. With these measures and additional pamphlets, the UMRP commendably balances its interests in giving students information about and access...