Word: lisa
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...century, Asians in America and at Harvard often come from immigrant families. Many Asian students cite the experiences of their parents or grandparents, who often fled politically unstable countries for a more secure life in the United States, as a significant factor in decisions about career paths. Lisa S. Pao ’08, an English concentrator and second-generation immigrant, identifies that mentality as a source of the stereotype. “You watch what it means to your parents, to come to another country and work so hard and build a better life—it?...
...most discussion. “I would like to think that we’re moving to a place where people can be who they are, and they can ascribe the labels to themselves as they want and not have that be a judgment,” said Lisa J. Miracchi ’09. John A. La Rue ’07, a magazine staff member, observed to the crowd that the majority of those present were women. “When we talk about gender, ethnicity, homosexuality, and other issues,” said M. Elysia Baker...
...Harvard-owned storefront in Brighton that once hosted desk chairs and legal pads is today home to PURE, an art exhibition curated by Lisa L. Gordon...
...competitors by about half. Some of the dances went through four sets of cuts to reach the six-couple finals. “What I’m looking for is a good pairing, how they handle a blunder, and energy on the floor,” said Lisa Perry, one of the seven judges of the event. “Otherwise you’re going to get bored,” Competitors in successive rounds increased in skill, and the area beyond the floor was an unceasing flurry of anxiety, cheering, and preparation. In the center...
...look at his numerous drawings of horribly, freakishly ugly old people ... LEONARDO'S PECULIAR AND SADISTIC IMAGINATION IS AT A BIG REMOVE FROM OURS. He is saying, Idealize as much as you want, but shun denial. The necessary other side of the ideal beauty of Leonardo's Mona Lisa or Cecilia Gallerani was the ugliness of his grotesqueries-an ugliness that disintegrates all possibility of desire and has something mockingly demonic, not just medical, about it. To see his grotesques as the mere play of a mind tinged with sadism is to misunderstand them. They are an essential part...