Word: glassing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Green (Tom Cruise), is a swain of the woodland working class. When Lili touches one of the magic white unicorns--can't have your bucolic fantasy without some unicorns--the Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry) begins to work his evil alchemy. And the film, which has been reclining under glass, content to be admired like pictures at an exhibition, comes to seductive life...
...always at the end of the game, hot and tired, she took out a pair of glass earrings and put them in her ears. And she smiled...
Eleven Harvard students enrolled in Music 159r, "Composition in the Electronic Medium," will perform their final projects--replete with dogs barking and glass shattering--in a free show this Friday. But though the students have had time to prepare for the show--which is entitled "Music and Other Drama"--most foresee minor difficulties. "Having to solve the problems of live performance is a big challenge," says Naomi Pierce '85-6, a student in Music 159r. Another member of the class, Alisa Clements '87, agrees. "I still get nervous every time I play in class. Presenting to the public is more...
Though acknowledging the influence of Anderson on his course, Tcherepnin says composer John Cage is the "patron saint of Music 159r." The works of such artists as Brian Eno and Philip Glass are also among the most important developments in the genre in recent years, says Tcherepnin. But recent popular electronic creations have deviated from the experimental norm established by pioneering artists, say students in Music 159r. Tcherepnin and students agree that the germinating influences by figures like Cage have been redirected toward more commercial goals. "Artists don't control their own creativity anymore," says Tcherepnin. "The real trick...
...were a group of six women, and I was the fifth to pass through customs. We all watched, through the glass window, as our friend tossed her clothing, granola bars, and miscellaneous paraphernalia into her huge duffle bag. We were travelling to the Soviet Union to visit refuseniks, peace activists, and the wives of prisoners of conscience. Most of these people are considered less than "ideal" Soviet citizens, and, thus, not proper material for visits by foreigners. Although our intended visits were within legal boudaries, they certainly were not encouraged by Soviet authorities, and could possibly have endangered people whom...