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...discreet driveway between Eliot and Kirkland, partially obscured by a bevy of hospital-white delivery trucks, lie two stainless steel doors. Any student awake at 9 a.m. would have to be fully caffeinated to notice the unobtrusive loading bay, but FM photographer Laura C. Settlemyer ’05 and I are in possession of directions and know where to go. Not quite caffeinated ourselves, we stand among the idling vehicles, waiting for what promised to be a no-holds-barred tour of the Harvard University Dining Services’ (HUDS) central kitchen facility...
...balancing the needs of devoted senior professors with opportunities for younger and underrepresented scholars lies in encouraging older Faculty to more objectively evaluate their place in the University. To do this, Harvard’s current careful approach seems most appropriate. Through discreet one-on-one advising, the University counsels professors on their options and helps them plan their own retirement. This process sometimes leads to quite productive interim plans—where professors maintain their University ties with office space and library access. Continued teaching ought to be encouraged where interest remains—especially in classes that benefit...
...entering the Zen Buddhist order as a monk, Yoshimasa freely indulged his passions for architecture, gardening, literature and fine art. Early in his reign, he gained notoriety for building lavish palaces, even during times of terrible hardship for most of his people; in retirement, he turned to a more discreet, muted style. The highest expression of this restrained aesthetic was the Silver Pavilion, a superbly balanced temple made entirely of wood and paper at Yoshimasa's place of retreat in the Higashiyama district of Kyoto. Architectural historians consider the Ginkaku-ji, as it is popularly known, one of Japan...
...facilities attract the best researchers in Renaissance art history studies who hole themselves up here for a year of study. It is something of a cult to visit, marked only with a discreet note on the electronic security gate that opens into paradise for art scholars. Respect for the founder abounds: one veteran of the center is fond of using the term “Berensonian” and situating time with the terms “pre-Berensonian,” “post-Berensonian.” There are no signs that this is part of Harvard...
...late 1980s narrowed the interdiction to those constituting "intimidation, provocation, proselytizing or propaganda." The codified secularism proposed by the panel would ban from schools not only head scarves - which many Muslim women believe the Koran requires them to wear - but also Jewish yarmulkes and large jewelry crucifixes, while permitting "discreet" religious tokens. The panel also suggested that some Muslim and Jewish holidays be given off. Chirac will announce this week whether he'll back a secularity...