Word: bittersweet
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...gives you a sense of accomplishment, that you have this body of work that you feel good about presenting to other people outside of the Harvard community,” she says. Despite the fact that Schreier never choreographs with a narrative in mind, the bittersweet feelings of a graduating senior are evident in the piece she will be presenting at Arts First. “I’m wishing I could stay here a little longer,” she says. Like a true dancer, Schreier reverts to movement when trying to explain the piece, but says that...
...kind of piercing lyrics for which singer Adam Duritz is known, their new album suppresses any fears. “Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings” is a return to form for the band and features songs that are alternately loud and soft but always introspective and bittersweet. The album is divided into two halves. The first six songs fall under the category of “Saturday Nights” and contain up-tempo beats and driving guitar riffs. The last eight songs, belonging to “Sunday Mornings,” have an acoustic, folk-inspired...
...place where so many different time stood cheek by jowl like guests at a crowded party.” Attempting to live only in the present, the two sense “a newborn connection that could not be left unattended” and embark on a bittersweet affair. Their identity as a couple is fragile, though, and soon broken apart, as Hema moves on to her arranged marriage in India and Kaushik to Thailand for a brief vacation en route to his new job in Hong Kong. While the longer format of the stories in “Unaccustomed...
...best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the euphoric feeling of victory, the bittersweet heartbreak of loss. It was the sense of camaraderie, the injuries, the morning lifts, the grueling hours of practice, the games, the fans, the atmosphere...
...This meet marked the end of a perfect season for the Crimson swimmers, who finished with a 9-0 record and the Ivy League regular season, EISL regular season, and ECAC and EISL meet championships under their belt. For Rathgeber, however, the NCAA competition was a bittersweet way to end his four-year swimming career at Harvard due to the more individual nature of the competition. “It’s always tough to go to this meet because I don’t have my teammates—every day we told stories about our teammates that...