Word: focal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...focal point for concern is the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC), the school's main recreational gym. Despite many quality programs, severe space and equipment problems make the MAC a frustrating and uncomfortable place for the average "Harvardian." The weight room is small, crowded and dangerous. The bikes and stair masters are few and old, creating long lines and regular breakage. And the gym floor is constantly scheduled with varsity and intramural events, leaving little time for casual, "pick-up" play...
...focal point of the exhibition is Constantin Brancusi's Marble Hand of Mademoiselle Pogany, a beautifully stylized and impossibly elegant sculpture which, which emphatically being "hand", proclaims with equal volume "form," "body," "tool," and so on. Its placement at the origin of the two axes of the show is entirely appropriate, because it is the most obviously ambiguous work in the room. This is not to say that the other objects in the show are easily pigeon-holed. Indeed, once put behind glass under the even light of an exhibition, even the tools used for installing the show take...
...focal point" of the new facilities will be a coffee house open to students from early in the morning until late at night, Berry said...
...focal point of the Elvis memorial in the bedroom of Eliot House resident Margot A. McAnaney '94 is the afghan of the Elvis Presley stamp hanging on the wall...
...around 6'1" junior forward/center Tammy Butler, Harvard's sleek version of former Olympian Cheryl Miller. A first team All-Ivy selection as a sophomore, Butler finished last season third in Ivy scoring (16.1), second in rebounding (11.4), and fifth in field goal percentage (.538). She will be the focal point of the offense, and her skills are perfectly suited for a wide-open game...