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Last Friday, several students sat over lunch at the Center for European Studies. We talked animatedly with historians, political scientists, and sociologists. Across the table from where we sat, a young biologist, eager to start his career in genetic research, was engaged in a lively discussion with an economic historian. In recent years, the term “interdisciplinary” has been ever more bandied about, yet suddenly it seemed that our dynamic little gathering was somehow an expression of the ideal of academic cross-pollination...
...stripped-down art-rock and Conrad’s avant-classically-influenced drone intersect, especially since Conrad was involved with other rock experimenters like John Cale (of The Velvet Underground) back home. Other stuff: German industrial-noisers Einstuerzende Neubaten’s collaboration with randy no-wave poet Lydia Lunch, Joe Jones’ Fluxus-inspired machine music, Bastard Noise’s divine Japanese tour...
...lunch, after fighting you for the check, Mehlman would lean in and say: above all, Bush won because we understood what this election was all about: the single most important issue to Republicans and swing voters was the war on terror—and we were disciplined and focused about making sure Bush seemed like the better commander-in-chief...
...next day, you were having lunch with Howard Dean, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and you asked him, “Why did George Bush win the last presidential election?” Dean’s answer would sound a lot like a TV weatherman’s. He would anecdotally explain what he thinks he’s seen, or he would just tell you what you want to hear—and you’d wonder whether he actually knows what he’s talking about...
...café’s sidewalk patio boasts an unrivaled locale to see and be seen. From ladies who lunch to European tourists dressed exclusively in black, the Armani Caffé serves up great people-watching as well as great Italian food...