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...seen pictures of your place and you have tons of collectibles. What the oddest one you have?There's a water gun from England, which is a figural water gun of Batman basically bent over...I don't know how far you want me to go with this...
...This series aims to draw attention to global ecology issues, with a strong scientific bent,” said Jonathan B. Losos ’84, a Harvard biology professor who ran the speaker selection committee. “We try to bring in people doing important research on environmental issues...
Danish urban planner Bent Flyvbjerg has a love-hate relationship with the Sydney Opera House. “It’s my favorite building,” he said. “But at the same time, I hate the project. The Sydney Opera House is a megaproject disaster.” Flyvbjerg, a professor at Aalborg University, discussed the budget overruns that are common to large infrastructure projects, or megaprojects, at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design last night. According to Flyvbjerg, nine out of every 10 infrastructure projects have these fiscal problems...
...pressure was building up inside him, but Frederick, surrounded by stony nudes, had still not found the proper receptacle. Then, at last, he spotted Narcissus, fetchingly bent over a mirror designed to represent a pool of water...
Deep in the lower galleries of the Uffizi, a marble statue of Narcissus gazed into his mirrored pool. The statue was one of the museum’s minor treasures. Not only was the life-sized figure exquisitely carved; curators also pointed out that its bent-over posture marked a startlingly original advance in Renaissance composition...