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...actually has a screwed-up educational system. Having examined the questions of the PISA test used, we are confident that even Brick from Anchorman could have answered them. Some might allege that the use of the confusing and irrational “metric system,” which appeared in many questions, might have been easier for students who know that a centimeter isn’t long and wriggly. Perhaps the use of this metric system helped the Spaniards outpace America’s future—the children are, after all, our future, even if our future can?...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Arithmewhat? | 12/10/2004 | See Source »

...affair in the store’s Restaurant L, which features minimalist slate gray walls, weird-looking flowers and hip-looking people. Select from an hors d’oeuvres list that includes prawn tempura, soybean wontons and crab cakes with avocado mousse and cotton candy. Manager and sommelier Brick Loomis promises to arrange mood-setting candles and negotiable fees...

Author: By Diane M. Nguyen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Party On...Off-Campus | 12/2/2004 | See Source »

...gaffers, grips, special effects technicians and camera operators matted down Harvard’s primly manicured grass as they scurried around, barking into walkie-talkies and cell-phones. It was a scene more fitting for the back lot of a Hollywood studio than it was amidst the respectable brick and ivy of the Harvard campus...

Author: By Christian A. Stayner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Corbusier On A String | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

...depository, Amsterdam is a must on any culture vulture's tour of Europe. But your brush with art needn't end at the museum exits. These days, you can stay in hotels that are part accommodation, part art space. Occupying a former orphanage on a preserved, 19th century red-brick square, the Hotel Arena was both art center and hostel until it went upmarket some years ago, and six new, mostly duplex suites have been added. These showcase work by the Netherlands' hottest artists and designers, including Piet Hein Eek and Marcel Wanders, and the overall look is conspicuously contemporary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dutch Masters | 11/18/2004 | See Source »

Looking out over the storied brick buildings of Harvard Yard as the sun begins to set, Carey tells it straight: “Clearly, somebody took their eye off the ball in the past four years...

Author: By Stephen M. Fee, | Title: Still in the Shadows | 11/18/2004 | See Source »

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