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Begin with a bang Dive in with a catchy opening. Don't start by explaining how you picked a topic, apologizing or thanking people. The first two minutes are crucial in grabbing listeners' attention...
...their teammates and to see how they are doing there because we don’t get to see them play that often.” Since it is the beginning of the college and Olympic season, both teams haven’t played much and playing time was crucial for all involved. “A lot of the non-Ivy teams have played six games already and we just had our first on Saturday,” Johnston said. “It was good playing a fast-paced, high-level game.” This...
Glaude has seen this side of West from both ends, first as his student years ago and now as co-instructor of the Tuesday evening graduate seminar. “He is very open to listening to people, and he’s invested in conversation as a crucial dimension of the experience in a classroom,” Glaude says. “Many times, when people reach a certain status they seem to always talk to or at people, but Cornel is invested in talking with people...
...Shalimar the Clown,” is burdened by the superfluous particulars of Shalimar’s 15-year foray into the world of Islamic fundamentalism, forcibly drawing our attention away from the novel’s main plotline. It is in this section, however, that the crucial evolution of Shalimar from a childish clown to a ruthless killer occurs, costing him his humanity and our sympathy.It is the parallels between modern life and Hindu mythology that most enrich “Shalimar the Clown.” The world that these characters live in, though littered with mythical snakes...
Overshadowed by the personnel issues that beset AAAS, several hugely important developments within the department have gone largely unnoticed. The most crucial of these is the department’s increased focus on the African side of AAAS, which inspired a formal name change...