Word: everydayness
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...driven love story that never would have happened in Hollywood.When it came to casting the female protagonist, Miniucchi had only independent actress Morton in mind.“I couldn’t find anybody in Hollywood playing a character like this that you would believe that was an everyday kind of person. Because all the actresses they are very chiseled and beautiful.”Although such flawed personalities don’t exist for Miniucchi in Hollywood, she sees them everywhere else.“I think there are people like this all over the place. I think...
...passion for a while, but eventually I needed to take our relationship to the next level—so I ordered the picture on a tote bag. Ostensibly it was a gift for my best friend, which I swore was ironic, but when she failed to use it everyday, I stole it back (sorry, Kippy...
...upward slope of our trend lines. Immeasurable qualities are no longer important; in a quantified world, a given quality’s inability to cram into the cell of a spreadsheet has become a fatal flaw.And now the culture of quantification has leached down to the practice of everyday learning, with the exploding popularity of several new student-made web tools that offer a searchable directory of courses by their scores on the Q evaluation index. These web tools distort an already skewed view of academics at Harvard by contributing to a culture that values quantity at the expense...
...Aswany's rich tableaux of everyday lives and devastating social commentary have made him a wildly popular novelist in his native Egypt and the best-selling Arab writer both in the Middle East and abroad. A tale about the lives of various Egyptians living in Chicago, the book is already in its 12th Arabic print run, having sold 100,000 copies since its publication a year ago. Post 9/11, readers outside the Middle East are more interested than ever in understanding Arab societies, and many of them are becoming devotees of Al Aswany's writing. Last fall, a translation...
...when they’re still hungry, but they’re likely to avoid the excessive eating that trays so frequently encourage. Essentially, the trayless dining initiative presents a win-win situation for HUDS and the Harvard community at large. We hope that Harvard continues to rally for everyday reforms like this and others it has undertaken recently—water-reducing showerheads, efficient toilets, and others. Though seemingly minor, these changes can have a profound impact on our environment...