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...both as the narrator and as the voice of reason in the film. Jason Bateman (“The Break Up”), who plays Henry the accountant, tries hard to be mundane and formal, but only succeeds in coming off as slightly socially awkward. There is perhaps one element of the film that might have appealed to young and old alike: the development of Portman and Bateman’s flirty tension into something more. Kids love cute couples, and adults would enjoy observing the chemistry between the “Star Wars” queen...
...soloists, for example.By the next rehearsal on Tuesday, products of the first day’s brainstorming session already started to be realized. A series of landscapes and Middle Eastern images were projected onto the back wall in coordination with the opera, adding a new visual element to their work.OPERATIC TRUSTThe Silk Road Project was founded in 1998 by world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76 to combine traditional music with artistic growth. In 2005, it came to Harvard to begin its five-year residency and partnership with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Each year-since...
...from European influences to American contemporaries. But such confusion is born from the lack of cohesion of Transcendentalism, itself: As Gura points out at the very beginning of his book, no one Transcendentalist shared the same definition of Transcendentalism with any other. Although his effort to accurately portray each element of the movement forces him to abandon linear narrative, Gura’s careful attention to every detail and variation of thought within the movement gives his work its authority. His vibrant representation of the Transcendental thinkers beautifully characterizes both their philosophies and their personalities. Emerson, he explains...
...hated fanfare, but as a behind-the-scenes co-director (along with her husband) of New York City's pioneering interdisciplinary Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuro-Psycho-analysis--the first in the world to bridge brain science and the long-stagnant field of psychoanalysis--Marjorie Pfeffer was in her element. The center, which the sage, enthusiastic child analyst steered after her husband's death in 2002, was launched in 1990 and spawned an international association, a successful journal and hundreds of similar centers around the globe...
...proposed reforms aim, too, to tackle what many consider the CAP's most egregious element: the generous flow of aid to the largest farms and the wealthiest landowners. While most of the CAP budget is dispersed as direct aid to farmers, most of that goes to the largest farmers. Another large chunk goes toward other CAP schemes such as export refunds to large companies, storage outlays and payments to slaughterhouses to offset costs of measures to eradicate BSE, or Mad Cow Disease...