Word: beacons
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...member of The Harvard Advocate’s poetry board. “There is a clutch of people, of interested poets, who are in workshops.” But for the un-published portion of this clutch, there remains little means of creative cultivation, and Davis represents a beacon of hope for the future of poetry on the Harvard campus. Thomas Horrocks, the associate librarian for collections at Houghton, is excited to have been a part of the board that appointed the poetess as curator. “We wanted someone here for outreach to the faculty...
...Louis, Palin responded to a question about her Achilles heel with a defense of her worldview, which “says that America is a nation of exceptionalism, and we are to be a shining city on a hill, as President Reagan so beautifully said, that we are a beacon of hope and that we are unapologetic here.” This may not matter almost 400 years after the fact, but Governor and founding Bay Stater John Winthrop might have had a case in intellectual property court here. Moreover, Palin’s mega-sentence is generally riddled with...
...says Robert Brustein, the A.R.T.’s co-founder. And since her hiring this spring, Paulus has worked to create a program that will fill the A.R.T.’s currently empty seats, restabilize its financial situation, and maintain its reputation as a beacon for innovative theater. Yet it is her charming smile that reveals most about Paulus’ plans for the 2009-2010 season. She hopes to lure every Harvard student to her theatrical events, integrating the A.R.T. more fully into campus life. “At the top of my agenda is to make...
...hipsters! McCain watches “The Hills” and Obama’s a heartthrob. Now, you can register to vote while partying to house mixes spun by DJs Bruno, Maurice Wilkey, and KC Hallet. Sunday, Oct. 5 at 10:00 p.m. An Tua Nua, 32 Beacon St., Boston. $10. 4) Baked Fresh: A Festival! Fill up on schwag, snacks, and live music at the artsy event of the year for college kids and young adults. Sunday, Oct. 5. 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sowa Open Market, 540 Harrison Ave., Boston. Free. 5) Cookie Monster Bring...
...soon, I began to realize that the Metro, wonderful as it may be, is the beacon of France’s incredibly frustrating bureaucracy. The flying buttresses of this bureaucracy à la française? Its Metro maids...