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Malick is the movies' foremost naturalist. His films are uniquely alert to the earth's sights, sounds and textures. Shooting without artificial light, capturing the rush of wind and the rustle of birds, he turns each location into an artful landscape, each image into a snapshot of a new world. So the meeting of Englishman John Smith and Algonquian princess Pocahontas is a fit subject for Malick--just his fourth film in 32 years, after Badlands, Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line...
...medalists were a little nervous about the prospect of participating in a formal state occasion under the watchful eye of our fellow honoree Judith Martin (Miss Manners)!” wrote Glendon. Martin, or Miss Manners as she is known in her syndicated Washington Post column, is considered a foremost authority on etiquette and politeness...
Mitnick is, first and foremost, a writer of musicals. He began his musical career when he co-wrote the Freshman Musical, Get Some, during his first year at Harvard. That summer, he co-wrote As the Word Turns, a Hasty Pudding Theatrical’s production about a wicked Russian trying to steal the vowels from the English language. After his Hasty Pudding debut, doors suddenly opened for the young writer. He co-wrote his first off-Broadway musical, Snapshots, that premiered in August, 2004. The show starred the cast of Webber’s Bombay Nights...
...believe that the UC should, first and foremost, aspire to build an undergraduate community. It should do more than just be a grants organization. As Student Affairs Committe chair, Tara has spearheaded advocacy efforts like the push for a women’s center. Furthermore, the success of the pep rally two weeks ago indicates that John, as the new chair of the Campus Life Committee, is committed to a new and effective model for social programming that is student-initiated and in partnership with the Office of the Dean of Harvard College...
...IOP’s Harvard Political Union (HPU) calls itself “the foremost venue for political debate at Harvard,” yet its most regular event is a weekly moderated chat with pizza—no doubt enjoyable, but somewhat missing the point. HPU Chair C.R. Sincock ’07 explained that he fears that more-formal debate, à la the Yale Political Union, would intimidate students and act as a “turn-off.” However, given that it attracts a weekly turnout of about 30 of the same students?...