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...scholars each year for this award—one German and one not—with an eye toward the future, according to the society’s website. The society seeks a winner “from whom continued high-caliber scientific work can be expected in the context of an international cooperation.” Winners receive a 750,000-Euro prize intended to fund future research. Payne said her upcoming book, “Modern Architecture and the Rise of a Theory of Objects,” will look at buildings and monuments from the mid-nineteenth...
...novel also enjoys a fascinating historical context. “Love in a Cold Climate,” along with Mitford’s other semi-autobiographical novels, began the onslaught of Mitford memoirs, autobiographies, documentaries, and television dramatizations that the London Evening Standard termed “The Mitford Industry...
...that context, keeping Donald Rumsfeld makes sense for the President even if the calls for him to leave grow louder. Replacing Rumsfeld is unlikely to change the situation in Iraq or raise the President's popularity, because the President seems uninterested in a new approach to the three-year-old war. Little wonder that on Tuesday, the President reasserted his support for the embattled secretary, telling reporters, "I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation. But I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best...
...Asia's Overscheduled Kids" [March 27]: In Hindu mythology there are three goddesses of power. Durga represents physical power and courage, Lakshmi the power of wealth and Saraswati the power of knowledge. In the present context, you could say Saraswati occupies the commanding seat. Asia is emerging as a new power center, so it is natural for the continent's youth to focus on academic excellence. In order to produce world-class business leaders, the Asian parents and their children are becoming the devotees of goddess Saraswati. Jagdish M. Ovasdi Jaipur, India...
...perfect unison to the tune of Mongo Santamaria’s world-pop rave-up “Afro Blue.” As thrilling as these antics were, they raised troubling questions about the propriety of cultural appropriation that were not answered, or even addressed, in the context of the recital. “Shadows,” choreographed by Brenda Divelbliss, a Harvard Dance Program instructor, conformed most closely to the stereotypical notion of modern dance. Unlike the other pieces, the abstract “Shadows” did not adhere to any particular narrative or seem motivated...