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...past I wanted to audition for period pieces, and people kept saying I look too modern. All you have to do is pin-curl my hair and put me in a gown, and I'll look different. But there's not a lot of imagination in this town. Keira Knightley may be dying to get out of corsets, but I'm dying to get into...
...their speeches out of the darkness, their faces caged by the tight frame. Or they'll be grouped, at sardine density, to form a cacophonous crowd. The only actors granted a little light, and thus a bit of traditional movie glamour, are Cummings and the heroine, Arlene Dahl, whose gown Alton lends a silky luster. The angles are, of course, lower than low, giving the viewers the impression they are the masses staring up at these puffed-up figures of power, these gargantuan gargoyles...
...Some Egyptian women have gone so far as to adopt the niqab, the face-covering, head-to-toe formless black gown worn in Saudi Arabia, where religious police enforce the ultra-conservative Wahhabi brand of Islam. Anthropologist Huda Lutfi, who is unveiled, says that in the Egyptian context, the trend is not as regressive as it might seem to Westerners. "Women feel that as long as they are wearing the hijab, they are respected on the street in the eyes of men," she explains. "The hijab is not a movement for women to go back home, but to be comfortable...
...brought a car to campus, aggravating already-worsening traffic problems in the Square. Furthermore, as the influx of cars increased, Cambridge struggled to accommodate parked cars, with frequent clashes between students and Cambridge authorities. This issue of parking in Harvard Square affected hundreds of students and faculty, strained town-gown relations, and was debated endlessly in City Hall and University Hall.On foot or on wheels, Harvard men had to traverse an area that already sported one of the highest traffic densities in the nation. With approximately one car for every three people, Cambridge’s car to person ratio...
Champagne, strawberries, and formal wear at dawn might not seem like the most standard way to start a day, but tradition trumps practicality for Lowell House residents every year on the first of May. Early yesterday morning, a few dozen tuxedo- and gown-clad Lowell students congregated for the house’s annual May Day Waltz. For over 30 years, according to participants, Lowellians have gathered at 6 a.m. on Weeks Footbridge to watch local residents mark the festivities along the banks of the Charles River. House Committee Chairs Julia M. Chandler ’07 and Jonathan...