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Hirsch's argument is not earth-shattering, especially when you consider that Thomas Hobbes said nearly the same thing some 350 years ago. But the fact that more and more economists today claim that increased production does not automatically lead to increased happiness is bound to disturb their more neo-classical colleagues...
...animal sculptures--which form the bulk of the exhibition--are for the most part exquisitely crafted and touchable and do not disturb one in the way that the human figures do. However, like the Chagall graphics, they are seldom merely decorative. They, too, have an air of fantasy about them. But it is a variety quite different from the circus bustle of the Chagalls. On leaving the two exhibits one could be struck by the ephemeral quality of the prints in contrast with the timeless carvings...
...Anthony Page's film adaptation of the novel fails to evoke a similar sympathy. His direction lacks the subtlety and intelligence needed to render the difficult subject of insanity on film. Apparently because he feared the visual shock of insanity's bizarreness combined with an overdose of empathy could disturb the audience too deeply, Page takes a superficial, rather sentimental approach to the innter anguish of schizophrenia. The appeal of Green's story is lost in the process, along with any deeper meaning the book might hold...
...middle-aged woman moved with purpose. Around 1 a.m., she paused in the doorway of Room No. 2, located on the third floor of the surgical pavilion at the rear of the block-long hospital complex. On the door she tacked a note handwritten in Italian: "Please do not disturb me until 10a.m...
Most of the details surrounding the decision not to offer Isaac tenure have already been documented, but the procedures instituted to consider his nomination continue to disturb many concerned students and junior faculty who wish to remain at Harvard on a tenured basis. Among other questionable practices that marked the events leading to the rejection of his nomination, Isaac notes that not one member of the ad hoc committee established to consider his application "knew anything" about his specialization, although the committee members were chosen with the full knowledge of Isaac's field of academic research...