Word: blendings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hope in forming this organization is to spread awareness of, precisely, a spectrum that stresses not only the importance of color but also the necessity of overlap, where different aspects of who one is do not stand discrete and separated but blend together and harmonize in unique and occasionally wonderful ways. Through discussion and expression, cooperation and protest, this is the purpose that Spectrum intends to serve in the Harvard community. --Nish Saran '98, board member of Spectrum
...grainy dysfunctional-family drama that seems to be aiming for a Chekhovian blend of humor and pathos, but falls far short of the mark. Its saving grace is solid ensemble acting, and Julianne Moore and "ER" darling Noah Wyle hold their own as the two central characters who make Thanksgiving squirmily uncomfortable with their barely-concealed resentment toward their tacitum and enigmatic father (Roy Scheider of "Jaws" fame). Unfortunately, none of the characters here are given enough depth or dimension to earn any true empathy...
...then again, as the evening drags on my reporting prowess exhibits a gradual fall-off. Because while I'm jotting down notes at strategic intervals and paying careful attention to everything around me, I am also working--like every good reporter should--to blend into my surroundings. Which means I'm drinking...
...Mind Works is stirring up an academic hornet's nest. The ideas that anchor Pinker's book--an artful blend of artificial intelligence and evolutionary psychology--strike many experts as glibly superficial. To Pinker's credit, he has worked hard to make explicit the sometimes tenuous connection between robots, computers and the evolution of the human psyche. Without the models developed by computer scientists, Pinker baldly states at one point, "it would be impossible to make sense of the evolution of the mind...
...This blend of direct community action and broader social consciousness has had broad appeal to the Harvard community...