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...rekindle old Hollywood glamour, it makes sense to focus on a star a day for the month of August. Such a scheme can lead to laziness - drag out the old faves for the 30th time - but the staff often spotlights less obvious names, actors whose careers merit a close look: Marie Dressler, Constance Bennett, Peter Lorre and Trevor Howard all have shone in what amount to one-day retrospectives. In June, TCM will try a similar tack with the stars behind the camera: two directors a day for 30 days...
...muscles. But anybody can be an actor; it's tough to be an icon. McConaughey sustains his status by bantering effortlessly with Jay Leno, spoofing himself in a Sex & the City episode and, in general, hammering home the impression that the genial fellow we see in movies is close to the down-home Texan he may well...
...where else he might want to build faculty.English professor Louis Menand said that the administration may discuss the possibility of merging some humanities departments to be able to let go of professors more directly.“The only way you can fire people who are tenured is to close the department,” Menand said.In the meantime, Smith is soon set to appoint six working groups composed of administrators and undergraduates charged with reexamining finances within FAS.Although the working groups will be making recommendations to the FAS administration, they will not have any decision-making power, Smith said...
...with equity, but we don’t want to trade excellence for equity. Recent evidence suggests that we’ve made some progress on this long-term journey.” With the reauthorization of the No Child Left Act of 2001—which aimed to close the racial achievement gap—expected later this year, the Obama administration may see an opportunity to alter the way national education policy addresses the achievement gap issue. Ferguson said there is widespread support for transitioning to a model of accountability that measures relative gains in achievement compared...
...show bring new challenges, Miller says. Instead of at their usual location in the Science Center, the Society will be practicing their craft outside, on the steps of Memorial Church. This changes particulars of the performance. “We are good at magic that is close up and personal,” Jeff F. Solnet ’12, a member of the Society, says. “The challenge is bringing some of these effects to a large audience.” Miller agrees. “Inside, the audience is seated and you can build on what...