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...committees also voted down a shareholder proposal for Caterpillar to evaluate whether it complied with its code of conduct for worldwide business when it sold—directly or indirectly—its equipment to the Israeli Defense Force. The equipment was subsequently used to destroy Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Gray said that other groups that vote on proxies look to Harvard for its rationale when they vote...
...fact, the objects in this show are laden with meanings, and fairly particular ones at that. Take the chandelier, for example. It may seem nonsensical at first, but think about it: a chandelier blinking poetry in Morse code speaks about language, translation and the poignancy of obsolete technology. Likewise, the recording of slide-rule engravings presents us with the ghostly sound of forty year old writing—paradoxically highlighting language’s status as both a visual and sonic medium and questioning its extension through time. And the radio console is half celebratory monument and half nostalgic relic?...
...right, as a shining example of two prevalent cultural fascinations-—secrets (or, the Big Fat Secret, hereby referred to as BFS) and massive crises of heterosexual desire. On the subject of the former, you might have heard of a little pedestrian novel called The Da Vinci Code, which has given readers across the globe the Ultimate BFS, the BFS to end all BFS’s: Jesus had tons of babies and Catholics are crazy! The ensuing phenomenon has caused the unfortunate occurrence of a Ron Howard-directed movie adaptation, as well as the virtual spin...
...meets Urban Outfitters anthropologist obsessed with finding an ages-old treasure hidden by Old White Men (OWM). The clue to its whereabouts has been passed down through Gates’s family after an OWM entrusted his chariot driver (a Gates) with the information. Naturally, in true Da Vinci Code tradition, the OWM decided to be atrociously cryptic and left clues after clues after clues. Gates and his side-kick Riley meet hot, smart blonde Abigail, steal the Declaration of Independence (it’s a treasure map, duh), elude nasty baddies, and get lots of treasure and fame...
...Facebook creators wrote the computer code for the game, while Mobius and Niehaus funded the prizes through grants from their department’s research account...