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...cadenza at the end of the first movement, Goto effortlessly plucked left-hand pizzicatos and knocked off double-stops as if they were child’s play. The shorter second movement, reminiscent of opera, evoked a sense of tragedy. Where Goto’s violin used to be light, melancholy began to weigh down on the instrument.In the third movement—Allegro spirituoso—Goto leaped back into his element, holding the audience on edge with every twist of the bow. He employed Paganini’s own invention, “ricochet” bowing (where...
...Faculty William C. Kirby reportedly chose Benedict H. Gross ’71 as the new dean of the College before the committee delegated to discuss the new position had even met. And professors have not always been excluded from consideration in the searches they have advised. Jay O. Light was named dean of Harvard Business School in 2006, after serving for one year as interim dean. He also served on the 15-member faculty committee that advised the Business School Dean search. The eight groups represented at Friday’s meeting were the Asian American Association, the Association...
...Book of Matthew says, “Let the light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.” Saturday gave new meaning to that verse, as the clouds broke and ths sun shone on Harvard’s 27-10 pounding of Princeton (2-4, 1-2 Ivy).In the 100th meeting between the two teams, the Crimson (4-2, 3-0) avenged two straight defeats in the series. Senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti went 25-of-35 for a career-high 365 yards—the fourth-highest single-game output in school history?...
...just feel kind of bad for the nerds that used to be here. Because where did they go?” Seo said. At least one enthusiastic attendee went even further to demonstrate her Oktoberfest spirit by dressing up. Susana Bejar ’08, clad in a light blue “Bavarian beer wench” costume with white stockings, held a glass stein of German beer which she described as “really good.” Perhaps the most surprising exhortation of the night came from a self-professed Yalie. Chris J. Hanson, now attending...
...shaped hulls of these vehicles are engineered to deflect blasts from roadside bombs away from the troops within. So the push is on to get the MRAPs to Iraq as quickly as possible. The 2,400 the Marines bought Thursday will be delivered by April - at the speed of light, in Pentagon contracting terms...