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...rehearsal hits its midpoint, Kuperman’s conclusion that “the main critique is that you’re too pretty,” draws a laughing assent from the dancers. After all, this dance does deviate from classically beautiful performances like Petipa’s “Giselle” and Balanchine’s “Diamonds”; like all six pieces programmed for “Momentum”—which will run from Nov. 6 to 14—it is an experiment in fusing the traditional with...

Author: By Monica S. Liu | Title: Pointe of Departure | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...really an accident. The main reason is that I came to New England in 1960. It was saturated with a sense of history, and in order to understand where I was, I needed to learn more about the place. At the time, I wasn’t thinking about becoming an historian. I had done a master’s degree in English. When I moved to New Hampshire, I took a history course for my own edification. [The professor] really thought of history as a form of literature. I was interested in history and suddenly I realized that...

Author: By BETH E. BRAITERMAN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Laurel Thatcher Ulrich | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

Both departments will retain staff in their main locations—but the new space behind the Center for Government and International Studies will serve as a central office for the departments’ faculty services...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Social Sciences Departments Share Staff | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...main things that stood out to D’Ambrosia was the fact that nothing on the farm was ever wasted...

Author: By Erika T. Butler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rower Comes Back From Organic Farm | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...voters turned on both moderate and conservative Republicans in the late Bush years. The problem has instead been that voters have not thought Republicans of any stripe had answers to their most pressing concerns. Addressing those concerns, rather than repositioning itself along the ideological spectrum, is the party's main challenge. (See 10 elections that changed America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rebirth of the Republican Middle | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

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