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...quotidian fabric of facts which is the foundation not simply for media’s actual operation but of its very claim to authority is one such. How plebian these foundational questions seem; how ordinary! Yet it is very dangerous when an institution becomes sufficiently myopic that its own cryptic doings and intricate rituals are allowed to obscure the realities which make it possible. In such cases one turns to the full range of the term “media coverage...
Harvard’s academic world promises other gems, but you may have to do some digging, especially when it comes to the Core. With nine areas, ranging from Quantitive Reasoning to three variations on English, these overwhelmingly large classes with strange syllabi also promise cryptic grading standards and generally ill-prepared graduate students posing as teaching fellows. There are some stars in the Core, from famous poetry critic Helen H. Vendler to Shakespeare expert Marjorie Garber, Kenan professor of English...
...Stravinsky reveals in this movement a personal side of his music that we rarely get to hear: the typical obsession with minor thirds (which is perfectly resolved with an E-flat to C modulation at the end), but also moments of rare beauty, such as a cryptic three-note motive (D-E-flat-B-flat) that he would use throughout the Symphony in C some 10 years later...
...curiam decision, the Justices also remanded the case back to the state high court with an a cryptic message: "Upon due consideration of the difficulties identified to this point, it is obvious that the recount cannot be conducted in compliance with the requirements of equal protection and due process without substantial additional work." That work would require the creation of uniform standards for vote counts, the Court explained, as well as time allowing judicial review of those standards. Many observers read that as an indication that there was no way to finish a recount by the December 12 "safe harbor...
...could argue that Rich's poetry was designed to be read aloud; double colons mark heavy caesuras in her work, rendering it a series of hypnotizing lines and pauses. Her riveting reading gives poem like "Seven Skins" (which focuses on dating a paraplegic in 1952) a cryptic tone as she reflects on the university and its change during the postwar years...