Word: expression
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...more so for the contrast with the crowd around them. Here was true, inexpressible grief surrounded by something sincere but much different: a massive auditorium that wanted to express outrage and sadness, but was overwhelmed by neither; 10,000 genuinely distraught but emotionally uncertain young people. The eeriness of the stadium overpowered the scene. There were thousands of kids filling their home team's sports arena looking to mourn but dressed for a ballgame, all while quiet, small agonies were going on in their midst...
Imus targeted the greatest vulnerability of black women--our non-European looks--with the express purpose of reminding us that we are not, and can never be, beautiful. Feminine. We had to be put back in our place, demoted to sex objects, but we couldn't even do that properly with all those braids and broad noses. So we had to be made into men. Criminals and freaks of nature. Makes me wanna holler...
...formal policy to address such situations, it does “all kinds of things in the neighborhood, and so we were just glad to be able to help them out.” According to Martin, students’ parents have sent e-mails to HUDS to express their gratitude—and HUDS was happy to play host to the youngsters. “I’m just glad that they were able to be there,” Martin said. —Staff writer Margot E. Edelman can be reached at medelman@fas.harvard.edu...
...radio show survives. The show draws 2 million daily listeners, and it's a more valuable property on radio than it was on TV. (It brings in about $15 million annually for CBS Radio compared with several million for MSNBC.) But the show has already lost advertisers, including American Express, Staples and Procter & Gamble...
...dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), choosing which departments get to hire new faculty is much like a parent choosing a favorite child. While those lucky departments express their euphoria, everyone else is filled with jealousy and complains relentlessly. When making these decisions we hope his or her attention will be dominated by balancing two main concerns: the demand for teaching and the University’s research priorities...