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...democratic pressures, at some point. LEE: They don't view it the way you do. It's been their experience to always need total control at the center. If China's center loses power, the country will disintegrate. That's a deep-seated historical lesson. Deng [Xiaoping] said, "You cross the river feeling for one pebble at a time." They're going about it in a pragmatic way. With corruption and the grassroots, they find that when they allow a vote for the village chief, the corrupt officials are voted out. How far will they go? I think they...
...curious about your story, becoming the head of VES. How were you selected, and how did you make the decision to accept? I think many people still perceive you as a scholar of English, and that kind of cross-over is certainly different...
...creative component in science, too.THC: I’m curious about your story, becoming the head of VES. How were you selected, and how did you make the decision to accept? I think many people still perceive you as a scholar of English, and that kind of cross-over is certainly different.MG: As its name implies, “Visual and Environmental Studies” is an interdisciplinary department. Remember that most of our junior faculty are joint-appointed, teaching concurrently in departments such as History of Art and Architecture, Anthropology, English, and Comparative Literature. Many of our senior faculty...
...program of Beethoven, Michael Torke, and Dvorák. Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library. 8 p.m. $20 general admission, $10 students. (CNC)Sand Machine. Boston folk-rock band Sand Machine plays selections from their EP “Running of the Tree Frogs Week.” A cross between late Beatles, The Band, and Neil Young, Sand Machine will play alongside fellow Bostonians The Gulf, Freighttrain, and Medina Sod. The Middle East Downstairs. 8 p.m. $10. (JSA)Railroad Earth with Honkytonk Homeslice. This staple of the American roots music scene presents a blend of vocals and acoustic instrumentals...
...movie season, an “explosion of Oscar-baiting performances in which straight actors play gay, transvestite or transgender characters.” Think about it—Philip Seymour Hoffman is the mincing Truman in “Capote,” Cillian Murphy is a pretty cross-dresser in “Breakfast on Pluto,” and Felicity Huffman is a midlife-crisis pre-op in “Transamerica.” And all that’s in addition to the Jake Gyllenhaal/Heath Ledger vehicle, “Brokeback Mountain...