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...took charge of the dean search on the heels of Summers’ struggle to do so. Six days before Summers resigned, the Faculty Council demanded that Summers halt the search until professors could be confident “that it would result in a dean who could enjoy the support of both the President...
Then again, perhaps his persistence was rooted in the sentiments of his protagonist, Duncan Thaw, an angst-ridden young painter who observes that “Someone might work and work at a thing, not because they were encouraged, but because they never learned to enjoy anything else...
...promontory, gazes at the view and cries. The camera holds on her for agonizing minutes, until a fly alights on her hair. Maxi-minimalism! The two are trudging toward a breakup. At dinner with friends, they quarrel publicly. "Don't worry," Bahar says of her hosts, "they enjoy seeing us miserable." (A remark that puts the relationship of critics to minimalist movie characters in a nice nutshell...
Milan Kundera thought of speed much more favorably, but only because of what he termed “vertigo,” the ability to find small moments of imperishability in a world that does not encourage it. Vertigo makes us enjoy the peaceful pleasures of life. By that, Kundera means the life-saving sight of someone you deeply care about sleeping serenely by your side or holding her hand amidst the shipwreck of civilization. Vertigo is about finding meaning in experience, and if having not found it, to make...
...HONG KONG: It's been open for seven years, but The Wing?Cathay Pacific's stylishly minimalist lounge at Hong Kong International Airport?has lost none of its flair and continues to appear at, or near, the top of travel polls. First-class passengers can enjoy spacious cabanas and a fine-dining restaurant, The Haven. Business-class passengers are offered "personal living spaces" consisting of a desk, armchair and dataport, along with shower suites and an excellent noodle...