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...knowledge is still incomplete, even as the world comes together to try, finally, to address the threat collectively. "Managing the environment is like driving a foggy road at night by a cliff," says Carpenter. "You know it's there, but you don't know where exactly." The warning signs give us an idea of where that cliff might be - but we'll need to pay attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There a Climate-Change Tipping Point? | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

...avventura”—that best mirrors the enigmatic circles in which Oliveira moves. In that movie, the presumable storyline of a woman going missing seems to be forgotten by everyone in the scenes that follow; similarly, La Maga’s absence doesn’t give rise to the conventional narrative arc. Oliveira half-heartedly looks for her, but his restlessness has much deeper roots. Like so much literature of the 60s, “Hopscotch” is—at its core—about a more metaphysical search...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cortázar’s Playful Magnum Opus | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

...importance of organic materials, and an emphasis on style within the middle-class home. For the brothers Greene, this was manifested in the subtle details of their furniture design. One living room table was sent to the builders with the instructions that the “architect will give direction of grain,” and sure enough, the wood’s naturally-occurring growth rings are the focal point of the table’s opposing geometric design. Gentle curves, ebony, and silver inlays decorate their chairs, tables, and benches with a balance that rings both classic...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: "Greene" Lacks Context | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

...festivals, Furst hoped not only to provide a venue where Harvard musicians could be seen but also to disprove the assumption that Harvard students can’t be rock stars.“People expect us to calculate the rate at which a rock rolls—not give them straight-up rock ‘n’ roll,” Furst says.The path from Harvard student to rock musician is not obvious. As Socrates R. Cruz ’06 of the band Moniker said, “It’s not like there...

Author: By Rebecca J. Levitan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Let Them Rock | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

...sure if Mr. Hatoyama can be a strong leader. But let's give him a chance, and we'll see how he does." - Tomio Ogura, a 72-year-old Japanese retiree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yukio Hatoyama, Japan's Next Leader | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

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