Word: developable
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...asks. “We didn’t want him to [seem] crazy.”‘ONLY ABOUT THE WORK’Brolin says the Coens’ respectful treatment towards both the actors and each other impressed him and pushed him to develop his technique.“Everyone, especially actors, we all have insecurities, and [a typical director] will make you feel bad about them or put you on a pedestal you don’t belong on,” he says. “But the great thing about working with...
...snicker on your face...VES should be an area of elective classes or a citation program, but not a concentration awarding the same diplomas as other majors.” But despite such contemptuous attitudes towards the department, the content of VES courses and the skills that VES students develop may well prepare concentrators for life outside of Harvard—perhaps even more so than other fields of study.Indeed, if the stories of some of VES’s most successful graduates and the words of its teachers are to be taken as evidence, the specific creative skills...
...world's most successful gold tycoons, Canada's Peter Munk seems to hold no special regard for the yellow metal. In less than 10 years, the Hungarian- born magnate's Barrick Gold has emerged as the world's third largest gold producer. With a pending deal to develop the $20 billion Busang deposit in Indonesia, Barrick may even outstrip South Africa's Anglo American for the No. 1 spot. Yet, says Munk, he is no gold bug. "For a Canadian, natural resources were a good fit," he conceded recently from his corporate headquarters in Toronto...
...local political activism far too often falls by the wayside. For this reason, we found it extremely heartening when the Black Students Association (BSA) began its campaign to pressure Gov. Deval Patrick ’78 to devote more attention and resources to youth violence in Boston, and to develop a comprehensive plan to curb its recent rise...
...October, at a press conference at the site of one of the recent shootings, the BSA continued to insist that the governor prioritize bringing an end to the violence. Last Friday, Patrick finally met a group of Harvard students and community leaders, including BSA leaders, promising to develop a comprehensive plan to reduce crime rates, increase job opportunities for at-risk youths, and increase staffing for community centers. His promise to devote more funding to these programs and to develop a plan for moving forward was a significant step, in which the BSA played a crucial role...