Word: focusing
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...plans for renovations and a new museum in Allston will seek to span the gaps in the University’s museums.Over the years, the University has always grappled with how to reconcile the split identities of its art collection, which now sits in three distinct museums: the Western-focused Fogg, the Central European Busch Reisinger, and the Ancient and Eastern Sackler. Now, HUAM hopes that the University’s expansion into Allston will finally provide it with the space necessary to increase the amount of art that it keeps on display and create a unified image...
...March 15 news analysis "With Book on Horizon, Summers Sharpens His Critiques of Harvard and its Faculty" did not completely represent the former University president's views on the undergraduate curricular review. He also said in an interview after the speech, "Much of it reflects things that were my focus during my presidency," and praised half a dozen initiatives, including faculty-student contact, the empirical reasoning requirement, the attention to pedagogy, secondary concentrations, and the emphasis on actual knowledge rather than ways of knowing...
...voice that is the most authentic.”These concerns aside, the essays contained in “The Case for Literature” do offer a couple of worthwhile insights. The most compelling is “Literature and Metaphysics,” an essay whose primary focus is not “the case for literature” but rather the interaction between language and literature.Gao admits to being heavily influenced by Western literary giants Nietzsche, Beckett, and Barthes, but he rejects all three as “primary influences” because their use of language...
...MADELEINE I. SHAPIROCRIMSON STAFF WRITERSpace, weather, focus, you name it. The new state-of-the-art bubble over the field at Harvard Stadium, along with new turf and forthcoming lights, provides Crimson sports teams with all this and more for the low price of five million dollars. As the bubble’s tenure comes to an end—the dismantling process began yesterday—some questions need answers.Was it worth it? Every penny.Is Harvard Stadium really that much of an asset? According to both coaches and athletes, absolutely. The structure has aided both varsity and club sports...
...take this enormous, fantastic play and fit it into our purposes. Mead: We’re not losing anything from the storyline, and, with 10 characters, I think it makes it more intimate. The focal points are the characters, and everything else acts as a funnel to center that focus on the characters. We’re not professionally trained, and a lot of people have packed schedules, so having 10 characters gives us more time to help people develop their language and also develop their characters. The music of the show was important to both directors, and they used...