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...cities within regions, and regions within the continent. Adjaye’s arrangement, which is surprisingly lively and skillfully avoids desiccating the subject, makes these comparisons both accessible and rewarding. His depictions sometimes seem arbitrary, though such a flaw is unavoidable in cities as large as these. Rather than detract from the experience, the arbitrary nature of the photos contributes to the exhibition’s magnetic quality. Adjaye photographs what interests him and what catches his eye in his limited time in each city, something wholly interesting in itself. They are at once very personal in the story they...
...Including elements from various periods is certainly a legitimate concept, but on a set so sparse, these aspects of the set seemed less like a collision of ages and more like stray pieces from a different production. While the set didn’t detract from the show, it was ultimately unclear what, if anything, it was trying to convey...
...exclusive province of these closed communities. The mission of the Extension School—to provide higher education to a broad swath of the general public—is urgent and worthy enough to be shared by the entire University, at least through avenues that would not detract from the learning of other Harvard students. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for example, offers unlimited access to syllabi, handouts, and other non-sensitive course documents on its Web site. FAS should do the same...
Although the half came to a less than perfect end for Seymore, with Cusworth emphatically blocking his final shot of the half, it did not detract from the three-point clinic he displayed earlier...
...says.More recently, in February 2004, Harvard evicted all the retailers from 90 Mt. Auburn St. and demolished two century-old buildings in order to build what is now a Harvard library administration building. James W. Gray, the associate vice president of HRES, says that these examples do not detract from the University’s mission to encourage local business and its “goal for the Square, which is to have a vibrant and successful Harvard Square.”Gray says that “people who are paying attention” understand that Harvard...