Word: centricity
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Mooney said that the bio-centric nature of Harvard’s research insulates the University to an extent because its scientists are more concerned with making medical advances than designing defense systems...
...York Times, captivated by the scent of blood, has suddenly taken an interest in Ivy League athletics. The paper-of-record’s customarily New York-centric sports pages do not usually pay the conference too much heed—even a “homer,” after all, would have a hard time scaring up affection for perennial cellar-dweller Columbia. But just as the extracurricular activities of a certain state official have proven too scintillating for the front pages to ignore, the Times believes it has found a similarly sordid narrative to plant...
...black-and-white. The show, too--on my first return visit since reviewing it 12 years ago--looks a bit paler than it did back in 1996, when it opened off-Broadway to so much acclaim that it made the jump to Broadway just two months later. The aids-centric story lines in this East Village update of La Bohme seem a little dated now, and the umpteenth replacement cast doesn't have the snap, or the voices, of originals like Anthony Rapp and Idina Menzel. Still, when the last performance of Rent plays on June 1, ending...
...become nothing short of a divine birthright. It’s a universally accepted fact: Americans love their cars and would sooner sacrifice their firstborn than relinquish their entitlement to the family sedan. And naturally, many have lambasted for years the environmental destruction brought upon by this auto-centric culture. Yet as the U.S. continues to look for a balance between going green and the American dream, India has found its place amidst the controversy with its new initiative, the Tata Corporation’s Nano, also known as the “world’s cheapest...
...down and dirty 45-seat place with an open kitchen.” When the chef came to her table that night, McCulla explained her interest in cooking, one fostered by years of helping her family in the kitchen, a semester abroad in Paris, and other gastro-centric international travels. She asked if she could work there. The chef, thinking it over for a moment, replied, “You show up on Saturday and I’ll give you a shot. I guarantee you, you’ll leave after an hour...