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...Gingrich warns, the State Department is at it again. Exhibit A: "The concept of the American Secretary of State going to Damascus to meet with a terrorist supporting, secret police wielding dictator is ludicrous. The United States military has created an opportunity to apply genuine economic, diplomatic and political pressure on Syria." Well, yes. But pressure to do exactly what? Gingrich may be horrified to learn that American Secretaries of State have been going to Damascus for years to meet the "secret police wielding, terrorist supporting" dictator, and his father before him. So do American intelligence officials, grateful for Syria...
...THERE! The fourth program in an ongoing exhibition of video art for the MIT List Visual Arts Center’s Media Test Wall, Just Stand There! explores the idea that in many different arenas of life one must learn how to stay still. The artists utilize the structural concept of stillness and reactions to it in order to reflect on concerns internal and external to ourselves and our minds. The topics of the videos range from Cyclone, Coney Island’s archetypal rollercoaster, to a “Sesame Street”-like approach to teaching political philosophy...
...movie theaters. "Those are people who are likely to leave their house and go and buy tickets," says Stan Rogow, who produced the Lizzie McGuire show and movie. "And they can't travel alone, so they bring a parent. The tween audience has developed from barely a concept three years ago to a group that delivers in ratings and box office." Muniz's Big Fat Liar last year grossed nearly $50 million (on a $15 million budget), and Cody Banks pulled in a robust $36 million in its first three weeks...
...show’s embarrassing failure to exploit the manifest talents of its participants (all of whom, in other contexts, have acted extremely well), goes without saying. But it is probably more productive to wonder why the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, understandably attracted to the flashy high-concept behind Chess (and mind you, it could have turned out great) didn’t step in to abort the venture before the debacle could unfold before a paying audience. Mainstage productions, though they rarely gel, should nonetheless be held to high standards, and a stalemate like Chess should probably have been...
Harvard students should continue to strive for an institution that supports the concept of time and life balance, but at the same time realize they have made choices by choosing this university. Only each individual can answer if he or she made the correct choice...