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Faust hints that Lincoln's ability to keep the tub from sinking should gives us hope even with the current state of the union. But I wonder, as our endowment leaks and our army retreats from Allston, could Faust's reading of Lincoln could have ramifications closer to home...
...almost timid voice, Morrison read from her most recent novel “A Mercy,” which explores the condition of slavery set in the 1680s and powerfully raises some of the most profound questions about human rights in our own time; thus, it was the appropriate closer for the evening.Quietly chilling evocations and depictions of women were painfully authentic and for all their beauty, threatened to deprive all present of any glimpse of hope had it not been followed with Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky’s “Night Music: Voice in the Leaves...
...better at reintegration. States, now under orders to systematically review barriers to ex-cons' finding housing and jobs, are partnering with an array of local organizations that have long dealt with newly released felons. New York, for instance, is opening a number of specialized re-entry units closer to home, where inmates spend the last three to four months of their sentences meeting with state and community social-service agencies to help line up housing, jobs and information on drug-rehab programs and reconnect with their families and neighborhoods...
...entered TD Banknorth with low expectations, wary of any public event that solicited the Crimson’s coverage so aggressively. But a closer look taught me that the NLL engenders everything I appreciate in sports, and everything we can still enjoy in Harvard athletics. The opportunity to play for nothing more than love of a sport narrows tremendously after our four years here, as even those with the talent to get drafted by the MLB or NFL face the daunting reality of profit-driven leagues...
...Least Likely To takes fuzzy-wuzziness one step further by actually writing from the perspective of a shy, lonely elementary-schooler. Cuteness permeates every aspect of their newest release, “The Law of the Playground,” from the album title to the album closer “Fairytale Ending.” This aesthetic of over-the-top whimsy and childlike wonder works most successfully in the composition and arrangement of the instrumental parts. “The Law of the Playground” is catchy and exuberant throughout. With an ear for interesting chord changes...