Word: connection
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...argue that there is a social cost to violence. But even assuming that one could connect violent shows with, say, violence in children, connecting any specific violent entertainment with any specific result is dubious. Legislation against prime-time violence also may be unconstitutional, but the mere threat may be enough to stifle edgy shows. And the attempt to do so establishes a chilling principle: limiting certain kinds of choice and expression in order to make people think and act better...
...like a documentary on death, and it alternates between the current moment and a home video recorded by Anita’s eldest son when she was in a healthier state. The candid home video reflects a more positive view of Anita’s life, helping the audience connect with Anita emotionally and feel as nostalgic as those who knew her. Death is not a possibility but an inevitability in the film and, consequently, the ending leaves nothing to the imagination. In fact, as touching and appealing as Sally Field’s character is, her children?...
...Harvard College Women’s Center and the Seneca, Inc. aim to improve the experience of undergraduate women at Harvard; as such, the week of events was largely intended to illuminate the issues and challenges faced by women, to engage people in controversial debates, and further, to connect men and women from all parts of campus. If, by participating in such dialogue, we can think beyond the paradigms created for us, we will continue in the spirit of ever-expanding opportunity, thus opening ourselves up to rich, unexplored territory...
There can be. I grew up singing jazz standards, so I connect to interpreting a song. But I still feel better singing...
...ubiquitous, but perhaps not universal. Three Harvard students have developed a new social networking site, Vostu.com, that they say will fill a void left by online communities in which English is the lingua franca. The Spanish-language interface, publicly launched at the end of February, is intended to help connect the Latin American community, according to founders Joshua Kushner ’08, Daniel E. Kafie ’05, and Harvard Business School student Mario T. Schlosser. Even though membership is currently by invitation only, Vostu.com has accrued over 600 members—mostly from Argentina, Peru, and Mexico?...