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...Harris will invite Core committee members to join the Gen Ed team as part of distinct subcommittees charged with the same task as before—approving courses for Core credit...
...number of career-advice books being written by and for women. "My first reaction is that this is incredibly discriminatory," says Jackie Wilbur, the director of M.B.A. career development at the MIT Sloan School of Management. "But as you think about this more, of course women have very distinct issues. It could be a tremendous service to create career guides that talk them through the acculturation process into corporate America...
...synthesizers, strings, and African percussion instruments such as the timbale. The strings and synthesizers played Ethiopian scales, but the arrangement drew heavily on European classical music, setting up tension through suspended notes and delayed resolutions. European melodies emerged to complement the African chant, finding common ground between the two distinct systems of tonality.The video accompaniment further emphasized the common ground between the two traditions, showing parallel shots of a priest gesturing with a prayer staff and a symphony conductor waving a baton. The priest, backlit by torchlight flickering through plumes of smoke, held the maqwammiya like a microphone...
...rquez and Isabel Allende have used the histories and genealogies of large, sprawling families to craft novels that span several important generations in a conflict-ridden area, “Love Marriage” is able to both demonstrate a culture in action and create memorable characters.Told in distinct one- to three-page sections that focus on one or two particular characters, often announced in italics at the beginning of the section, “Love Marriage” is centered on the story of Yalini. Yalini is the daughter of Sri Lankan immigrants to the United States, her father...
...Frank Furedi in his online column Really Bad Ideas, recently commented on the emergence of a new term: science combined with a definite article—the Science. Science and the Science have quite distinct meanings. Science is a tool that investigates the natural world. The Science is a moral, political, and dogmatic force. For example, science tells us the weight of calcium and voltage of lightning; the Science tells us not to eat trans-fats, how often to get colonoscopies, and how many cups of coffee are safe for daily consumption. While science is like a cool older brother...