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...education in the creative arts but is adamant about the possibilities. “If they’re not set up for poetry, you can’t change that,” he says, “but what you can do is inspire, motivate, cast a bit of a spell over people...

Author: By Grace E. Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Armitage Arms Poems with Power | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...colors, modified shapes, or all three. Each bottle is striking in its own way and, placed together on a long white table, they mirror each other and come together as a metaphor for diversity in society. All these pieces make “Do It Yourself” a bit overwhelming at first; each piece has such a complexity to its composition, with the possibility of being interpreted on many different levels. The political and cultural inspiration for the work are helpful for deciphering the monumental exhibition, although it is not necessary to have this background in order to appreciate...

Author: By Shaomin C. Chew, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: "Do It Yourself" Does Empathy Well | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

...disappointing ratio of L’s to W’s comes as a bit of a surprise. Last year the team boasted 10 wins and claimed the Ivy League championship before heading on to NCAA’s. And that was no fluke: Harvard witnessed the same number of victories...

Author: By Charlie Cabot, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Quaker Matchup Offers Chance To Start Anew | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

...seemed to find it more useful to bid the business owners good riddance than to address the job losses. Detroit was dying, and its mayor chose to preside over the funeral rather than find a way to work with the suburban and state officials who now detested him every bit as much as he had demonized them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detroit: The Death — and Possible Life — of a Great City | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

...that is an inevitable consequence of the strategy the President has chosen to pursue: diplomacy over bellicosity. Diplomacy moves slowly, if at all. A willingness to talk to our adversaries doesn't guarantee that they will be willing to talk to us. The President betrayed a bit of his frustration about this when he spoke to the U.N.: "Those who used to chastise America for acting alone in the world," he said, "cannot now stand by and wait for America to solve the world's problems alone." (See pictures of a photographer's personal journey in Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Foreign Policy Needs a Domestic Boost | 9/24/2009 | See Source »

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