Word: laddering
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...broke my leg my sophomore year before winter break started,” Rooney said. “I was working at J. Crew and I stepped off a ladder in the stock room...
...vocal accompaniment ended with the sentence, “Dance is just below poetry on the rungs of the ladder of cultural priorities,” seeming to sum up Krolak’s persona’s frustration and bringing new meaning to the rest of the poem. Although the choreography was energetically and whole-heartedly carried out, its bizarre nature prevented the piece from making any meaningful impression...
...University and push for recruitment of women and minorities. The office’s website encourages schools within the University to submit applications for pilot funds that aim to “improve Harvard’s performance in developing scholars at all stages of the academic career ladder.” Jonathan Colburn, communications coordinator for the FD&D, notes that the fund is intended to promote the development of all faculty, regardless of previous representation. “Certainly all manner of faculty have applied for our pilot programs,” he says...
...Axis of Exile opens into the Garden of Exile, an enclosed outdoor space filled with tall, square concrete pillars. The Axis of the Holocaust ends in the Holocaust Tower, an empty, high-ceilinged concrete room illuminated only by the natural light coming through a high window. A ladder that leads to the window is just out of reach. Despite the sometimes obvious symbolism, the architectural elements don’t lend themselves to easy understanding, and they certainly discourage easy navigation. For all the helpful explanations that the exhibits provided, the museum itself is difficult, confusing, even incomprehensible. This tension...
...protracted battle for recognition, people simply sat that administration out.” Summers declined to comment for this story. Only 5.8 percent of Harvard’s non-teaching staff are black, Gates wrote. According to the 2007 report on faculty development and diversity, only 1.2 percent of ladder faculty in the natural sciences are black. There was only one black tenured professor in the humanities, according to the report. “Harvard’s student population is very diverse, but the faculty and administrative population does not reflect the makeup of the student body...