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Today, Harvard sits on the brink of yet another major curricular review. A central aspect under examination will be the Core Curriculum—and whether the requirements developed 25 years ago are still the most appropriate method of ensuring breadth in the Harvard education. And as professors and students prepare to get the upcoming review off the ground, many wonder whether answering this question will be as contentious...
...problem: every silver lining comes equipped not just with a cloud, but often with a full-fledged hurricane and heavy coastal flooding. Who would want to spend four years with such spoilsports whining away on TVs in the kitchens and family rooms of America? The economy is on the brink of collapse. The health-care system is on the brink of collapse. The schools are literally collapsing. Every war is Vietnam. In reality, it is never, ever midnight, or even twilight, in America, the most hopeful country in all of history. Even Gephardt seems intent on running a sunnier campaign...
...been met; very few would argue that all five have. But as a political matter, trying to sell the virtues of jumping into the euro zone is hopeless right now, not only because of lingering rifts from the Iraq war but because much of Europe is teetering on the brink of recession, with growth and unemployment rates significantly worse than Britain's. The U.K.'s continually solid economic performance has been one of Labour's great bedrocks, and Brown has no desire to risk that. Neither do voters: polls regularly show that about two-thirds want to keep the pound...
...civilians alike are incompetent, brutal or both. There are no bullet ballets, no climactic face-offs in dove-filled churches or exploding fireworks factories. Even if To's comedic ear occasionally goes tone-deaf (I have a hard time laughing at a cop stomping a teenage triad to the brink of death, which To plays for slapstick), PTU is a refreshing subversion of an entire Hong Kong genre of films that seek easy heroism in rogue cops out for justice and sharply dressed gangsters who live by the code. In PTU there is no code?and less justice...
RICHARD III. This production sets Shakespeare’s classic drama of English royalty in the Aztec Empire, at the brink of its fall. Set against the backdrop of Diego Rivera murals, live music and dance, the play follows the rise and fall of Richard as he manipulates superstition to gain power in a deeply religious society. This original interpretation promises to make the old play new again. Friday, April 24 through Saturday, May 3 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets available for $12/$8 at the Loeb Box Office (617) 547-8300. Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street...