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...present, we do not yet know whether Drew Gilpin Faust is that president. But, we know that she stands at the brink of an unprecedented opportunity to be that president. Based on our initial interactions with her, we remain optimistic about her vision. But it is too early for us to pass judgment on the actual impact she will have upon the student experience. We certainly hope that she is the best president for Harvard. From an undergraduate perspective, we hope even more strongly that she makes Harvard a better place for its students...
...Neill as a surprisingly sympathetic character for modern audiences--more of a workaholic gunning for a promotion than the venal, grasping manipulator he's often depicted as--and Sir Thomas More, Jeremy Northam's gentle humanist. When the two measured advisers talk their hawkish young King away from the brink of a costly war with France, they're savvy enough to let the boss take credit for the newfangled peace-treaty idea. "Your majesty would be known as an architect of a new and modern world," Wolsey says, managing up expertly...
...played by Sally Field, is a woman dying of ovarian cancer. Her children, as well as the audience, are immediately confronted with the harsh realities of such a terrifying illness. Bergman fits in nicely with the rest of Field’s oeuvre—emotional women on the brink of considerable change. There is no detail omitted in this journal of a woman’s death, and we must watch the cast deal with home nurses, morphine, chemotherapy, and excessive vomiting. The horrifying and graphic scenes of illness are juxtaposed with comedy that sometimes works to raise...
...attempting to refurbish not just the Bolshoi's architecture, but its global stature as well. Once the world's pre-eminent classical dance company, the Bolshoi was in steep artistic decline when, in January 2004, Ratmansky was chosen, at age 35, to bring the troupe back from the brink of irrelevance and remake it into a cultural force befitting its heritage. It's a strategy that's risky yet necessary if the company is to reclaim its place not just as a custodian of the classics but also as an innovative producer of superlative new ballet. Ratmansky hopes that, like...
...started off with a very hard line against Hamas but that policy shifted at the beginning of January. In a sense Abu Mazen, the Saudis and the Egyptians reached the decision it was better to cohabit with Hamas than confront them. They decided to step back from the brink and to make a variety of concessions...