Word: backgrounders
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...accepted more transfer applicants than Yale or Princeton (who don’t allow transfer applicants at all) on the basis that students who transfer in tend to have higher grade point averages at Harvard than students who come in as freshmen. Moreover, transfer students add a diversity of background and experience to the student body. This certainly could be said of Max. A French kid who left his family to come to high school in America and ended up on the streets of Cambridge, Max never lost his drive and was always optimistic about what lay ahead...
...Platt ’10 and Moonlit M. Wang ’10 said the exposure to Western culture influences the Asian hip-hop scene in novel ways. “We wanted to show how people interpret [Western hip-hop] differently and recreate it using their own cultural background and traditions,” Wang said. They achieved this end by opening their segment with Western hip-hop inspired clothing to act as a contrast to the more Eastern clothing that followed. The outfits underscored the gracefulness yet ferocity of the Asian style. Female models donned jeans and tank...
...elements carefully define a unique interior voice that stays consistent throughout the collection.One of the most striking aspects of the book is its willingness to be overtly political—a rarity for this style of poetry, which lends itself more to reserved introspection. Paley’s activist background blurs the distinction between poet and speaker, marrying confessional artistry with the unfettered bluntness of an octogenarian. However, it often seems as if Paley’s forthright style ultimately exposes beliefs that may not be particularly interesting, especially those regarding religion or class politics. Any author knows to address...
...several mentions of the word "democracy" - albeit always attached to the strange phrase "discipline-flourishing" - the draft ensures that the military will continue to exert great control over the nation. A quarter of all parliamentary seats will be filled by military officers, while the president must have a military background. And just in case a true democracy manages to flourish despite all the clauses designed to hinder it, the junta grants its members an amnesty from future prosecution...
...DENIZEN OF GATO ROJO: Depending on who’s working behind the counter, Gato Rojo’s soundtrack runs the gamut from “pleasant background music” to “impossibly obscure indie releases by bands from Midwestern cities of which you’ve never heard.” Currently listening to: “You wouldn’t have heard of them.” Will soon be listening to: “You wouldn’t have heard of them; I haven’t even heard of them...