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...this yet another “Pearl Harbor,” where war is eclipsed by the tearful tale of a pretty boy military man and his gal? The bittersweet romance is definitely there, but rather than commandeering the plot, it is one of several distinct elements that subtly blend into the background of an intense and commendable portrayal of World War I combat. The film is based on the true stories of Americans who joined the Lafayette Escadrille in the French military to train as pilots, before America officially entered the World War I. It focuses on an endearing...
...initially offered the service to non-native students of English who had a good grasp of the language but were reduced to "flipping burgers" because nobody could understand them. "Some just want to sound more British, or don't want to be labeled. They want to blend in." No one, it seems, wants to stand out from the crowd. Despite premature announcements of a classless society, plenty of native English speakers still want to lose or lessen regional accents. Professionals call this "accent smoothing" or "accent softening." Students usually want to go up the social scale, and a certain type...
...looking to fulfill those pesky Science A and Science B cores, you might enjoy the Life Sciences courses as long as you don’t mind a little more work than, say, a gut like Dinosaurs (Science B-57) might offer. LS1a and LS1b offer a mostly graceful blend of hard science and real-world applications that is so often missing from introductory science courses. These classes offer something that both perfectionist pre-meds and aspiring novelists can enjoy and use. Built from the ground up by a cadre of Harvard professors hailing from a swath...
...structure of the presidency (Don’t expect to learn anything at all about the lives or accomplishments of any of the presidents). That’s okay. But since he handles everything in such an outline-ish manner, you retain very little and all the lectures blend together...
...silly—skip them. But for the intellectually challenging amongst you, English 177, “Art and Thought in the Cold War,” is not to be missed. Renaissance man Louis Menand’s command of the subject matter allows him to skillfully blend the historical and literary disciplines throughout his lectures, constructing a class that embodies the spirit that should animate more Core offerings. The downside: be prepared to work your way through several tests and papers. The upside: if you skip a lecture or ten, it’s no biggie?...