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...after realizing Americans’ love for pets, Dumas and her family found a quicker way to explain their background. “We started introducing ourselves by saying, ‘We are from Iran, where the Persian cats come from,’” she said. “I think that helped our popularity immensely...
...performance in West Side Story as one of the hallmarks of musical cinema," says Mangold. (As for Ray, 2004's biopic about a drug-addicted music legend from the South, which used looping, Mangold says, "I don't think I want to go there.") Phoenix, who had no musical background, figured he would learn to play the same way Cash did, without formal lessons. He bought a guitar and asked a friend to teach him some chords...
...example, each chapter begins with a two-page diptych. The left page features a still life, usually of a small, discardable piece of detritus, set against a black background. The right page typically shows a character arranged in the same geometry as the left. A half-eaten hamburger viewed from above on the left echoes Chris curled up in the fetal position on the right. Once you notice this you soon discover that, even though the layouts remain constantly varied, nearly every page vaguely or explicitly reflects the construction of the page facing opposite. Imagining the amount effort put into...
...United States. Deaver is currently the International Vice Chairman for Edelman Worldwide, a public-relations firm. According to IOP director Jeanne Shaheen, the IOP selected Deaver on the recommendation of a student committee that was particularly interested in inviting a fellow with a strong political and communications background. As deputy chief of staff from 1981 to 1985, Deaver fit the role. “He was the person in the Reagan White House responsible for the image of the Reagan administration,” said Shaheen. She said his visit will include an interview with the Harvard Political Review, dinner...
...First, eliminate the race/ethnicity box at the bottom of the first page of the Common Application. Even though it’s presently optional, the inclusion of such a raw barometer of an applicant’s background on the application implicitly emphasizes those of his or her characteristics that are least important to creating a diverse student body, in the grand scheme of things. It isn’t enough for colleges to claim that applicants’ responses comprise “just another piece of information”; so long as universities proudly publish their minority matriculation...