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...design team. Brilliant, charming and not infrequently pixilated, Hood was one of the pioneers in the transition from Gothic Revival and Beaux Arts skyscrapers to the sleek, mostly unadorned towers of the 1930s. Did Junior want his new buildings crowned with arcades, wreaths and maybe a nice pergola? You bet he did. But Hood, who died before the Center was completed, gave him, with the RCA Building, a modern masterpiece that Rockefeller never fully comprehended...
When this kind of selection process is replicated for 4000 other students (it is safe to bet that a slim minority masochistically challenge themselves in their Core selections), something else happens: the Core becomes ludicrously easy. For most Harvard kids, their Core selections represent the path of least resistance. I have no inclination to take Math 1a, and certainly not Math 21a, because I can always take “The Magic of Numbers.” Likewise, someone uninterested in philosophy would not fulfill their Moral Reasoning requirement by taking Philosophy 168: “Kant?...
...universities to blame for some of their ill treatment? You bet. University leaders, particularly in the past, have exhibited their own brand of indifference to their host communities, failing to develop and nurture key government and community relationships...
...Broad, the California philanthropist who committed the first $100 million to the genome initiative, passed over elite institutions in his home state to make his big bet on Boston. Maybe that kind of recognition, coming from 3,000 miles away, will help all of us see the opportunities right in front...
...small army. The wine list is short but serviceable, with each vintage matching a specialty pizza. Import beers are limited ($3.50), so if you aren’t adverse to a meal sans alcohol, Di Mio’s own root beer and cream sodas are a good bet...