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...doing it honestly and not superficially.” “Pointes of Departure” also features a work by Susan Shields and the classical piece “Le Corsaire,” as well as guest appearances by Harvard Ballroom and the Harvard College Irish Dancers. Composed of diverse dances, the production builds upon the Harvard Ballet Company’s 2006 “American Grace,” which featured the work of choreographers from George Balanchine to Bob Fosse to Fred Astaire. Like “American Grace...
...institutions need to be built to ensure that those futures are happy ones. And when one turns to nonstate actors, European engagement in the world is striking. From ngos like Médecins Sans Frontières and Greenpeace, to the actions of two scruffy (but very, very rich) Irish rock stars, Europeans have been in the forefront of the movement to put a human face on globalization. (Read world leaders' view of Obama...
...concentrations. Most undergraduates have specialized interests within their fields of study—some physics concentrators might otherwise elect to “concentrate” in nuclear energy, for example, and some English concentrators might otherwise elect to “concentrate” in twentieth-century Irish literature. And while these specialties are ideal fare for course selections and theses, the charge of a well-rounded liberal arts education demands that Harvard undergraduates be exposed, as comprehensively as possible, to a broad and distinct field of study. This is what a concentration should be about. There is ample...
When I was growing up, I went to an Irish-Christian missionary school. I was totally fascinated by the New Testament. I must have read it a few thousand times. One day I was reading the Gospel of John 10: 30, where Jesus says, "I and God are one." The crowd immediately wants to stone him for blasphemy. But he quotes a psalm that says "You are Gods, sons of the most high," which he tells them was addressed to "those to whom the word of God came." He clearly sees himself as equivalent to that group...
Such a rebound will be welcomed by the Irish government. Thanks to the fall in tax receipts caused by the housing-market collapse, Ireland's budget deficit is forecast to hit 5.5% of GDP this year - well beyond the 3% limit imposed by Brussels. That has left Dublin little room to spend its way out of trouble, a fact made clear when Finance Minister Lenihan announced a slew of tax hikes and spending cuts...