Word: confounders
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...comedian Dave Chapelle wrought comic havoc by creating a fictional blind African-American who supports the Klu Klux Klan, unaware of his own blackness. But Farid Smahi is not a comedian, nor is he blind, although he does confound a stereotype: The son of Algerian parents and a longtime victim of anti-immigrant prejudice, Smahi is a candidate in France's forthcoming legislative election - for the anti-immigrant National Front of Jean-Marie...
...Culturally precious, yes, but do they belong in a modern art museum? Designed to be sat and slept on rather than scrutinized, these textile treasures, which are typically stacked high to connote social standing, delightfully confound our expectations of contemporary art. So how does Finau Mara's exquisitely woven baby mat fit with, say, British artist Tracey Emin's unmade bed? It was exactly this outsider status that made the QAG's curator of contemporary Pacific art, Maud Page, excited about bringing such material into a gallery. As she puts it, "How can we deal with the rest...
...Crimson cut the lead into five off shots from Tay and Hallion. The Harvard defense awoke in the final minutes. The extra pressure cracked a tough Quinnipiac offense, who shot 62.2 percent from the field. More Crimson players hit the ground, diving for loose balls, and began to confound the visitors after switching to a full court press. However, it was too little too late as Harvard could not generate enough momentum to reclaim the lead. To find the answer to these recent troubles, Harvard only need to look into a mirror. “Too many fouls...
...initiatives with concrete information about the ways in which those initiatives will effect students; instead, students have been left sorting through empty promises of curricular renewal. The Curricular Review is motivated by a desire to improve undergraduate education; to be successful, the implementation of reforms must do more than confound our shopping period woes...
...crisp, the excitement is palpable, and there are no classes yet. You’ll be flooded with a series of didactic meetings accompanied by hilariously dated videos, placement tests, and activities fairs that confound the senses...