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...Nothing we did for President Obama was magic," Gensemer adds. "It was about making the barrier low for individuals to be part of the effort." By that measure, the Prince's campaign scores highly even ahead of the launch. The central message of the film - which can be seen here - is contained in one pithy sentence: "Every year destruction of the rain forests releases more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than all the world's cars, planes and ships put together." But all that is initially required of viewers is that they watch the film, pass it on through social...
...academics go about music writing: it’s so hyper-intellectualized and specialized that it’s very hard for the so-called uninitiated to appreciate it on an aesthetic level. I have a problem with people who make music ugly just to create a barrier to entry.” Schacter’s piece was performed last Monday in Paine Hall. The ensemble included members of the Harvard Jazz Collective as well as a few students and professionals from nearby conservatories, and they executed the piece in accordance with Schacter’s vision...
...respectively. But doctors live in fear of a killer like the 1918 Spanish flu, which caused up to 100 million deaths. Undertakers were so overwhelmed that corpses were left inside homes for days. Cities passed laws requiring citizens to wear masks in public places, but the virus defeated that barrier; little stemmed the spread of the disease. From 1917 to 1918, average life expectancy in the U.S. dropped an amazing 12 years. Cruelly, the 1918 virus was particularly lethal in young and healthy people, who are usually more resistant to flu. The disease seemed to trigger a massive overreaction...
...challenging consumer spending environment, however, that $500 could be used for more essential purchases. A second language is nice, but it doesn't pay the rent. Another challenge for Rosetta Stone: the barrier to entering the language learning market is small. "While we think its unique self-study program is scalable, niche software developers like this rarely enjoy success over the long-term," Lemos wrote in an April research note. "There are many larger software companies with much greater financial, research and development, and marketing resources, and Rosetta Stone's recent success could draw these firms into the market...
...hoped that his Emmy Award-winning film “Baseball” gave viewers “an opportunity to think about race,” citing the development of the Negro Leagues and the debut of Jackie Robinson—who broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947—as events whose significance exceeded the narrow confines of sport. Discussing baseball’s uniquely pervasive standing in American culture, Goodwin and Burns emphasized that the familiar, generational aspect of baseball is key to the game’s appeal. Goodwin recalled her childhood habit...