Word: focus
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...beginning of this year, the Recording Industry Association of America announced that it was going to stop pursuing litigation against individuals who participate in illegal person-to-person music sharing and instead focus on its fight with internet service providers. Without the threat of lawsuits, music downloading essentially becomes legal based upon an absence of consequence. This raises the questions: what does music actually cost, and what are our obligations, if any, as consumers of music?When Radiohead released “In Rainbows” last year, the band allowed their fans to ascribe their own monetary value...
...will prepare students to write theses.The two new tracks will require relatively few semesters of languages, which Schiefsky said he hopes will attract more concentrators. Classical civilizations will require four language courses, while classical languages and literatures will require six—down from eight in the current language-focused tracks. The department has gradually been expanding its focus beyond language to increase its emphasis on other fields, like archaeology, history, and philosophy, Schiefsky said.“We don’t intend to stop teaching Greek,” Schiefsky said, “but there are also...
...just try to win your next game—that’s your focus, and that’s what you hope to accomplish,” Stone said. “We’re just trying to win our next hockey game...
...ministry. Now, it consists of 6,700 undergraduate men and women preparing for lives of contemplation and self-denial in the current economy. With the demise of the Reason and Faith requirement in the new General Education system, religion at Harvard seems to have completed its trajectory from prime focus of the classroom to just another extracurricular activity. On the Harvard website, “Religious Groups” inhabit a drop-down menu of activities cheek-by-jowl with “Academic & Pre-Professional,” “Arts and Performance...
...campus,” he said. “It’s a great way to have connections between professors and students on topics of international interests.” The publication has already begun making plans for its spring issue and symposium which will focus on the “Future...