Word: magical
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...clear in the first few weeks of the investigation other than the fact that the people who gave him money were not intelligent at all. Madoff was such an improbable monster that the public followed the story with untiring fascination week-after-week. Once Madoff went to prison, the magic wore off. The stress tests became a perfect replacement...
...That the Prince of Wales is looking to borrow a little Obama magic may seem odd. By convention, Britain's royals steer clear of politics. But the Queen's eldest son has long stretched definitions with his passionate advocacy for environmental causes. He has recently helped garner international support around the idea of a rain-forest bond, a method of interim funding designed to ensure that trees are worth more alive than dead until carbon-trading schemes really take off. He has privately lobbied leaders from Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Italian Prime Minister Silvio...
...Nothing we did for President Obama was magic," Gensemer adds. "It was about making the barrier low for individuals to be part of the effort." By that measure, the Prince's campaign scores highly even ahead of the launch. The central message of the film - which can be seen here - is contained in one pithy sentence: "Every year destruction of the rain forests releases more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than all the world's cars, planes and ships put together." But all that is initially required of viewers is that they watch the film, pass it on through social...
...Mass in G majorAdolphus Busch Hall4 p.m.Dancing in the MinesScience Center C4 p.m.Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players RevueMemorial Church4 p.m.Raucous Klezmer TunesHarvard Yard Stage4 p.m.Harvard Contemporary GamelanDudley House4 p.m.Short Chamber RecitalHolden Chapel4 p.m.Freestyle ElectronicaCambridge Queen’s Head4 p.m.THUD Flood!Sanders Theatre4 p.m.The Harvard Magic SocietyMemorial Church4 p.m.Dance FestivalLowell Lecture Hall4:30 p.m.Radcliffe Pitches A Cappella ConcertHarvard Yard Stage4:30 p.m.Shostakovich String Quartet No. 3, Op. 73Pain Hall4:30 p.m.“Divinites”Carpenter Center4:30 p.m.Franck SonataHolden Chapel4:30 p.m.ScintillationAdolphus Busch Hall4:30 p.m.Les nuits d’étéSanders Theatre4...
Clay D. Miller ’10, President of the Harvard Magic Society, refers to what his society does as “illusions.” Then he pauses. “They’re tricks, not illusions,” he says. Founded in 2001, the Magic Society currently counts about half a dozen active members, each an expert in a different kind of magic. On Saturday, the group will enchant audiences both young and old with their craft in the annual Arts First Magic Show. The group has talent, Miller says, and past shows have been...