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...Auto-Tuned vocals proclaiming the virtues of seducing young women by telling them to “blame it on the alcohol.” Classy. But the sheer number of celebrity cameos makes up for the lack of ingenuity. In rapid succession, Forest Whitaker, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ron Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, T-Pain, Quincy Jones, Cederic the Entertainer, and some less famous people are paraded onscreen almost too quickly for you to figure out what the hell is going on. If you’re counting, between them that makes 3 Academy Awards, 7 Academy Award nominations, 28 Grammys...
...According to Howard H. Hiatt, a professor of medicine who worked closely with Kim as associate chief of the division of global health equity at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Kim’s efforts have spearheaded movements to increase awareness of health concerns in developing countries, bringing medical researchers out of their comfort zone and into the field...
...Ladies and gentlemen, there it is,” Howard Cosell informed the nation during the 1977 World Series. “The Bronx is burning.” His signature stilted, terse cadence and morbid turn of phrase succinctly vocalized a somber resignation that threatened to stifle the once vibrant borough. Ravaged by Robert Moses’ ambitious urban planning, the Bronx—newly equipped with a gleaming expressway—literally crumbled throughout the 70s and 80s, forcing thousands of residents to seek shelter in tenements and public housing. As desperate landlords set fire to their property...
...Cambridge event, held in the Zero Arrow Theatre, focused specifically on Law School graduate Houston. Born in 1895, Houston served as the NAACP Litigation Director, pioneering a novel legal strategy for confronting the institionalized racism of the United States’ Jim Crow Laws. As dean of Howard University Law School, Houston trained a generation of young black lawyers, including future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. In 2005, HLS established the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice to honor the great civil rights leaders of the 20th century. The Institute’s founder, Law School professor Charles...
...breezes. If this isn't a place that time forgot, it is certainly a place that occasionally slips time's mind. The dominant feature of the skyline is the Hilton tower, 30 stories high. It was built during the Nixon administration, and still feels like a hotel where Howard Hughes might be padding around with Kleenex boxes on his feet up on the top floor. (See video of what it is like to be Mr. Lincoln...