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Though Wallach and Drummey have a contract, they lack a clear identity. Right now, they embody three distinct personas: the men they are, the men they see themselves as, and the men strangers perceive them to be. Chester French may just be a pair of scenesters, pawning off their need for attention as a love of music. They may be the messiahs of the album format in the digital music era. Or they may be two typically clever Harvard grads who successfully worked the system and are now enjoying sudden popularity...
...Dalai Lama has been smart enough to acknowledge China’s power; he repeatedly calls for coexistence of Han Chinese and Tibetans, respect for the upcoming Olympics, and true autonomy for Tibet through non-violence. He wants precisely what Hong Kong has. After all, Tibet has a distinct history, ethnic identity, and, quite importantly, a very strong religious tradition that differentiates it from China. If there is a case for Western-styled self-determination, this...
...much time to watch TV here.BJ: Really? How are you not addicted to it like crack?7.FM: Your collection of short stories, “Corpus Christi,” gets its title and setting from your hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas. What do you find so distinct and compelling about the city?BJ: It’s a city that’s interestingly situated. It’s right on the Gulf of Mexico, so it’s consistently vulnerable to hurricanes and all sorts of weather. It’s also a city that doesn?...
...joint Medical School-Faculty of Arts and Sciences venture, is the site of twenty distinct interdisciplinary projects, each centered on sharing computational and analytic methods among disciplines as varied as the social sciences, genetics, and statistics...
...Brazilian director Jorge Furtado’s2002 film “Houve Uma Vez Dois Verões,”the character Roza repeats the phrase“I’m pregnant” three times. Each declarationmarks a distinct chapter inthe movie, which is divided into equalparts with almost mathematical precision.Professing one’s pregnancy hasbecome cliché in cinema, and Furtado isthe first to admit that his films are fullof stereotypical characters. However, it’sthe inversion and manipulation of thesestereotypes that has garnered Furtadorespect in the film world.“I trace...