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DIED. Claude Jade, 58, French actress who shot to fame as the heroine, opposite leading man Jean-Pierre Léaud, of three of François Truffaut's best-loved films, Stolen Kisses, Bed & Board and Love on the Run; of eye cancer; in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. The bittersweet, semiautobiographical films follow the journey of a man through falling in love, marriage and divorce...
Born in Pakistan and based in London, artist Julia Condon has caused quite a stir with her one-of-a-kind mobiles. Made of cable, stainless steel, crystals, jade, Venetian glass, African beads and Peruvian opals, these rustproof pieces conjure up images of faraway galaxies. On earth, Condon scours flea markets from New York City to Paris, finding her materials from unlikely sources, once even taking apart a chandelier. She hopes her mobiles, with prices that start at $4,000, create a mesmerizing feeling for viewers. "I wanted to create something that's moving, that takes you away," she says...
...difference is only five or six questions, it shouldn’t be too big of a deal,†wrote Hayley Jade Fink ’08, who plans to take the LSAT in June...
...This sculpture is currently on view on the second floor of the Fogg Museum. According to Mowry, Sedgwick wanted to contribute something to the Harvard University museums that would strengthen the Chinese collection while complimenting existing holdings. Harvard already has renowned collections of early Chinese jade and bronze, as well as later Chinese ceramic, but had few pieces of early ceramic. With his goal in mind, Sedgwick focused on building this collection for the past 10 years; “Right from the beginning with the intent that it would come to Harvard. It was tailor made for the museum...
...classical style, a large three-story building facing the harbor and with a magnificent view,†she said. Even though the office officially opened in September, some undergraduates participated in an internship program coordinated by the CHS in Greece this past summer. Hayley Jade Fink ’08 interned in Greece for seven weeks through a program set up by the CHS. “I would actually call it a life changing experience,†she said. “The program was great not only because we got to explore the [Greek] culture...