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...could draw as well as the best of them. In watercolor he could produce something like molecular detail, notwithstanding that one of his typical techniques was to soak the entire sheet in water, rub in raw pigment, blot it with rags and sponges and then painstakingly work up finer detail within the misty blooms of color. Yet as he matured, his deepest impulse wasn't to delineate form but to dissolve it. And where was the earl who wanted to be remembered as a blot...
...Poker teaches cognitive ability in a way we just don’t have in education now,” Woods said yesterday afternoon. While the group is not allowed to gamble during meetings, they spent their first meeting on Tuesday night discussing some of the finer points of the card game. “Anybody that somehow thinks interest in poker is a bad thing would be convinced just by seeing and listening to these kids talk,” said Nesson. Woods said that the GPSTS would host several events open to the Harvard community over the semester...
...Where once they amassed fortunes from the bounty of the country's traditional agricultural sector, many of the finer families now live off of what's left of former fortunes, or on remittances sent from relatives in the United States. The younger generation, armed with college degrees from Texas A&M and Louisiana State University, have migrated to Managua to parlay their family names into middle-management or public-relations jobs, while the elders remain behind in their rocking chairs...
...groups across campus received an email from the Trademark Program dictating how to use the University’s name “appropriately, accurately, clearly, and in support of the institution’s educational values and mission.” The missive instructed student groups in the finer arts of disclaiming their use of Harvard’s identity, outlining a collection of waivers and boilerplates which must be added to all websites, publications, and events which bear the Harvard name and shield...
...lacked the millions of dollars needed to make their dream come true. Tired of his career in software marketing, he quit his job and created Crushpad in 2004 to connect amateur winemakers with West Coast vineyards. It's the best of both worlds. Customers get access to far finer grapes than they could grow themselves, at a fraction of the cost, along with on-site expertise to guide them through the process...