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...with which to start off such a momentous season opening. The symphony, composed of movements “Allegro con brio,” “Andante con moto,” and “Allegro in two parts,” was played to perfection. The famous opening theme was played in an array of keys and variations which allowed every part of the orchestra to truly shine. Short, delicate and softer sounds were abruptly transformed by crescendo into more drawn out, stronger, and more urgent sounds. This captivating pattern almost hinted at a battle between...
...most famous biologists of the 20th century, Watson shook the scientific community after The Sunday Times Magazine of London quoted him as having said, “All our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours—whereas all the testing says not really,” the newspaper quoted him as saying in reference to blacks...
Natalie Portman ’03, the alum who made herself famous for starring in “Star Wars,” said microfinance has allowed women to “move out of poverty and to create hope in their lives” to a packed auditorium of nearly 700—drawn perhaps more by her star power than the subject. Portman’s appearance at the Harvard Business School yesterday focused on her work with the Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA), which provides financial services to the poor in developing countries, and was part...
...financially than I ever thought...I never thought I would make more than 75 dollars a week.”Deutch began his career working in advertising for the film company United Artists. After a stint of unemployment, he went into making film trailers—including the now-famous preview for Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now”—instead. The camera work fostered his love of directing.According to Deutch, that love might be harder to pursue for a young artist today.“You can be the most brilliant...
...inch statue of an icon named Faith, once formed part of the ornate gold-leaf side altars that date from 1690, shortly after work on the church began. "It was priceless," says Dom Paulo Azeredo Coutinho, one of the 45 monks who live and work in the famous building and monastery...