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...Body,” and “Tried to be a Man.” A nice addition to many of these songs was the incredible falsetto of a young backup singer, Theo Little.Jones’ acerbic new sound was a striking departure from the calm, natural sounds of her earlier work. Her more recent music was fused with strange electronics, and struck an angrier and more disillusioned note. Taken altogether, Jones’s newer sound seemed meant for a more contemporary audience that was unfortunately absent from the show.Presented to an audience of old fans, Jones?...
Wood is the CEO of Asheville Pregnancy Support Services in Asheville, North Carolina, one of the thousands of crisis pregnancy centers in the U.S. that are working to end abortion. Hers is the new face of an old movement: kind, calm, nonjudgmental, a special-forces soldier in the abortion wars who is fighting her battles one conscience at a time. Her center helps women navigate the social-service bureaucracy, sign up for Medicaid and begin prenatal care. She helps pregnant girls find emergency housing if their parents threaten to throw them out. Free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds are just...
...between the mountains and whatever air masses lie above, squeezing them like a stream of water rocketing through a narrow nozzle. And just for a little extra oomph, two spurs of the range angle off in just the right configuration to funnel everything right at Mount Washington itself. A calm day up here is almost unheard...
Rather than fall into a state of chaos, however, the University was able to rebound after the end of the war. After the relatively calm administrations of Joseph Willard, class of 1755, (1781-1804) and Samuel Webber, class of 1784, (1806-1810), the university entered what has been called the “Augustan Age of Harvard.” Under the administration of John Thornton Kirkland, class of 1789 and president from 1810-1828, the Law School (1817) and the Divinity School (1819) were formally established. Kirkland also removed a brew house, wood yard, privies, roaming sheep...
With the nomination of Drew Gilpin Faust as the 28th president of Harvard University, the lengthy, largely secretive process has come to at an end. Whatever one thought of the Summers era and its ending, those who love Harvard are grateful to interim President Derek C. Bok for his calm, steady, and productive stewardship. Now that the Faust era will shortly begin, it is timely to reflect on the opportunities and challenges that confront our new president. As a student of leadership, who has had the opportunity to observe universities, and especially Harvard, over the decades, I would like...