Word: centricity
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...effects of the rowdy, guy-centric Judd Apatow movies is that, by establishing new rules for movie comedy, they've make milder romantic ones seem like relics from the 1950s. The Hedges film has antique contrivances aplenty, from a scene where Marie must enter a shower with Dan already hiding inside, to an job interview Dan has, which takes place, with infuriating improbability, at the family home with his parents present. There's also the sitcom omniscience of his daughters, who are exasperated by his paternal protectiveness. "You're a good father," his youngest tells him, "but sometimes...
...risk of being considered a liquor snob. And it’s hard not to come out of the closet as a non-beer drinker. The Queen’s Head—Harvard’s gleaming, retro social space du jour—has a beer-centric menu and a calendar of events that’s a regular Beer-a-palooza. There’s little in the way of beer alternatives, and pickings are slim for the underaged and gluten-free of Harvard...
...legislation. But what does that mean for current students? Apparently, not much. Given the Faculty’s glacial pace on this issue, the Classes of 2008, 2009, and 2010 are already resigned to their fate: there’s no escaping the Core. And given the Core-centric advice received over the past two weeks by the Class of 2011, it seems that the College thinks they too will not get to reap the benefits of a revitalized General Education program. In other words, we’re all stuck in a sinking ship. When the Committee on General...
...department needs to shake off its narrow perspective, and allow for a broader definition of the canon and its place in undergraduate education. Not only would this move it away from an old-fashioned, West-centric viewpoint; it would also teach English concentrators to think critically about the canon itself as a cultural artifact, rather than a set of literary scriptures...
...civilians, who buy the majority of the more than 300,000 tickets each year. And though hotel and restaurant prices have risen in recent years, you don't have to be on an expense account to go. With its "receptive, English-speaking audiences," Toronto offers "a more American-centric personality," says veteran publicist Tony Angelotti...