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...celebration. There is a deeply human compulsion to gather and to celebrate; in our more or less secular society, it has insufficient outlet. At Harvard, where we are frequently trapped by our self-involvement, the problem is particularly acute. Good parties and concerts sometimes crystallize into a sort of communal joy, but the phenomenon is rare. On St. Patrick’s Day, though, the various greens brightening the Yard made it feel as though we’d overcome a little of our self-involvement. On St. Patrick’s Day, we become a high school history book...

Author: By Phoebe Kosman, | Title: Erin Go Bragh | 3/21/2005 | See Source »

...ways, Boym argued. As a tool of Stalinist propaganda, art could lend a sense of wonder and exaltation, as in the harvest painting that declared the Stalinist slogan, “Life has become better. Life has become merrier.” The actual subject of the painting, a communal dinner in rural Russia, would itself have been unremarkable. But when metamorphosed into a massive genre painting as a monument to Stalinist benevolence, such a banal, benign subject can take on a sinister power...

Author: By Laura E. Kolbe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fascism's 'Flaming Motor' | 3/18/2005 | See Source »

...seriousness, I would love to be able to live in communal housing of the variety the Co-op provides, but I am given no such opportunity because of their dietary policy...

Author: By David Weinfeld, | Title: Steak and the Revolution | 3/10/2005 | See Source »

...have to wait another year. Each of the college’s 12 residential houses provides at least some form of creative outlet for undergraduates looking for a recreational approach to the arts. Opportunities range from house opera societies performing full-blown productions with dozens of participants to communal knitting circles with a handful of dedicated members...

Author: By Madeline K. Ross, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Artists in Residence | 3/3/2005 | See Source »

...have access to mass transit actually use it regularly. "There's a stigma to not owning a car," says Kim, the Seattle architect. "People say, 'Hey, you're wearing a nice jacket--can't you afford a car?'" Now car-sharing firms are out to prove that their communal approach offers its own attractions: freedom--and even convenience. As a Zipcar ad put it, "350 hours/year having sex. 420 looking for parking. What's wrong with this picture?" In Boston, New York and Washington, almost all of Zipcar's 32,000 customers are within a seven-minute walk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clearing the Roads | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

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