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...This is unusual but not unheard of. A few years ago the architects Diller, Scofidio & Renfro provided the same kind of glass-walled backdrop for the theater they designed as part of Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art, and it's worked well there, though one factor may be that it looks out on a water view that's calmer and more predictable than a cityscape. The Wyly is also a very flexible cavity, with movable banks of seats and balconies that can slide in and out or fly up and disappear. Even the proscenium can be raised and lowered...
...Halloween so hip with retail's favorite demographic, the 18-to-34 set? Start with the escape factor. Grownups yearn to be sexy nurses and rock stars. Halloween gives them license to live out that fantasy, at least for one night. Plus, nostalgia plays a role. "When I was small, we all dressed up to trick-or-treat," says Amaya. "Then as a teenager, costumes weren't cool. You wanted to do the shaving-cream thing. Now I want to dress up as if I were a kid again. It's weird...
...finance and consulting companies make a lot of noise, and many students just look for jobs into consulting or finance because their roommates or their friend is doing it,” Mount said. “We call it the Lemming Factor...
This luck-factor can detract from poker’s meritocratic sensibilities. But the fact remains that there are bad players. And then there are professionals whose faces make repeated appearances at the final table of World Series events. It’s dangerous, many professionals say, for people to play poker with the idea that luck will constantly provide an edge. More than three-quarters of all poker players are losing players (“There are a lot of people playing,” Darkhawk says. “A lot are bad”). In 2007, gambling...
Granted, due to the educational rewards of a culturally diverse learning environment in which students are forced to interact with students of different life experiences, there is still room for race to be a factor in the college admissions process. However, it should cease to hold the dominant place it currently enjoys. Universities should recognize that, while race-based admissions are an effective way to guarantee a certain measure of diversity, socioeconomic-based preference is a better way to guarantee fairness and a meaningful range of experiences among their student bodies...