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...those seeking the originality and insight of “The Road to Serfdom” are likely to be disappointed. Fried’s biggest mistake is an all-too-simple one—he sets the bar too high...
...smart answer to that would be - because we?re smart! The serious answer would be that we were pushing the envelope at the right place, and we were lucky. We did a particular experiment that gave us the insight to change our methods, and we were lucky we did it first. We were aware that other people were working in the field, and we were actually late coming to it. In fact, the director of the institute suggested that we were so late that we shouldn't even start...
...Above all, amid the romance and playfulness of the love affair and the artworks born of it, the 350 works on display here capture the fecundity of Picasso, and give an insight into the mechanics of genius. Here are the studies obsessively reworking an idea or theme, many of them threading though the painter's long life: classical mythology; the artist as minotaur or faun; the savage beauty of the bullfight. The same subject is painted over and over, and because Picasso dated his works precisely, the astonished visitor understands that half a wall of work is the output...
...influx of silver hair on campus could be a win-win-win for universities, their young students and the retirees. Educators have found that the insight and experience that older students bring to the classroom can invigorate discussions. There are also natural synergies, as with a medical or nursing college and a university-linked assisted-living residence. "Every unit of the university has something it can gain from this," says Bonnie Kantor, director of the Office of Geriatrics and Gerontology at Ohio State...
...They will see a more intimate side as well. A day of cooking can offer more insight into the local culture than a week's worth of museum visits. Cabrera began our session with a trip to a traditional market?not the main one most tourists visit?where we got to know local produce, taste handmade cheeses, and meet the growers who supplied our ingredients. Later, as we prepped the two dozen items for a Oaxacan mole negro (chicken in a dark-brown spicy sauce), Cabrera explained its origins. The dish was developed during the Spanish colonial era and contains...