Word: backgrounds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Remember when enjoying life seemed like the point of childhood? Hah! Researchers at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research compiled the 1997 time diaries of 3,586 children nationwide, ages 12 and under. The participants came from virtually every ethnic background and all kinds of households--rich, poor, single parent, dual income. But funnily enough, they all sounded a little like Steven...
...rode back to Harvard on the T, not feeling as though I'd been a "Jew for a day." Rather, I felt that I, as an Italian and African-American Catholic, had been included in the Jewish community, not ephemerally, but permanently--not in spite of my own background, but because of it. Cultural isolation is often defended with the cliche that there is "safety in numbers." Perhaps the Boston Jewish Film Festival demonstrated that those numbers need not be limited to a certain ethnic group, and as we being to call ourselves members of a plurality of cultures, perhaps...
...trouble annoying in contrast. Infull, this production demonstrates a very strongconceptual foundation, as evidenced by the sightand light designs of Robert Schlesinger's '00 andDaniel O. Scully's '99, respectively. The actiontakes place all over the stage, at multiplelevels, in numerous layers, against a symbolicallycharged map of L.A. as background. The world ofStine is one of smarmy flesh colours, while thatof Stone is all black, white and gritty grey, litin a mortifying coldness. Backing a dynamitescript with an intelligent production, City ofAngels makes big-time Harvard theatre excitingagain...
...modern Hindu campfire story. The fifteen sections of the book recount all the stories contained in the major theological and mythological texts of India, but Calasso does not assume any prior knowledge of the Rig-Veda, the Mahabharata or the like, nor does he linger on the stories' historical background. His versions of the great myths are fresh and exciting (if slightly bizarre and grotesque) fairy tales of a sort, not historical or ideological records, and are accompanied by a running modern philosophical commentary by the articulate and learned Calasso ("Is there any part of literary history Calasso...
Hicks: Sometimes because of my background people accuse me of just being in a "rebellious stage," but I see stripping as one of the more intriguing and wild methods of exploring city life. The idea of never leaving Harvard Square and trying new things is analogous to staying in East Texas for rest of one's life. Growing up in that cloistered environment taught me to get out of a place where I wasn't satisfied and I've applied that to my life....I don't know if I'll continue stripping, but I plan to move...