Word: childishness
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...George Balanchine and solo performance of Amanda C. Lynch ’10. Lynch danced with remarkable poise, making full use of the stage as a flute and harp played in the background. The dancers’ dark green attire, provided by the Cincinnati Ballet, were reminiscent of childish Halloween costumes and left much to be desired. Still, the piece as a whole was pleasant to watch. Balanchine’s choreography made its second, less successful appearance of the evening in an excerpt from “Apollo.” Despite the best efforts of the dancers, especially...
...which time the status of countries that have progressed and began to have higher emissions can be reconsidered. And lastly, the United States needs to take to be an international leader in fighting pollution and slowing climate change—engaging in squabbles over technicalities is childish and further undermines our already tarnished reputation. Though countries have already started to gather in Bali to develop the Kyoto Protocol’s successor, that is no excuse not to ratify the Protocol now. The American economy may well take a hit from the strict emission and pollution controls that the Kyoto...
With his feathers and war paint, the chief’s minstrel show encourages the childish perception of Native Americans as uncivilized, reducing them to a ridiculous archetype. His performance also featured a “traditional” dance that was actually exaggerated for the crowd’s benefit. When Native American ways are embellished or altered to entertain the masses, the descriptor “Jim Crow” leaps to mind sooner than “honor...
...their European counterparts. But amidst this expansion of expansion—and the brashness that often accompanies it—there is a counterculture that races to embrace all things small.At the forefront of the miniaturization are “twee” kids, so called for the ironically childish British pronunciation of the word “sweet.” Twee is most commonly understood as a genre of music that encompasses college favorites like Belle and Sebastian, but it is also a lifestyle that centers itself around a return to childhood. As such, it tends not only...
When Harvard College administrators made the decision to cancel the Undergraduate Council (UC) Party Fund more than a month ago, the UC was up in arms. Much of its indignation amounted to little more than rhetoric and childish petulance. But the UC’s most salient argument has been overlooked until now. In the wake of the cancellation, UC members claimed that the College had overstepped its bounds since its decision violated the UC’s founding charter and constitution. Our examination of these documents bears out the UC’s argument. Whether or not one thinks...