Word: bittersweetness
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...Since then, Juneteenth has been a day of celebration for many African Americans, a de facto second Independence Day commemorating the end of slavery and a first step toward inclusion in the greater American dream. It's a bittersweet holiday, "a time of celebration, but also a time of reflection, healing, and hopefully a time for the country to come together and deal with its slave legacy," says the Rev. Ronald V. Meyers, chairman of the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation. Meyers has worked for almost 15 years to get Juneteenth recognized by state legislatures. Currently, a little more than half...
...always going to be difficult for Harvard to qualify facing some of the top teams in the country—like UCLA and Purdue—the Crimson did not play its best golf on its way to a 19th place finish.“It was a little bittersweet because you’d like to go out on a really high note, but you can’t end the season on a bad note when you go to regionals,” Sheldon said.The conditions did not help Harvard.“It’s tough...
...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...