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...direction in this crisis as the rest of the world. Their bread crusts and beret counterparts–that is, the unsigned musicians and freelance visual artists–should be less affected by the crisis, given their relative removal from financial systems. To boot, rents are plummeting in major cities across the country, as is the cost of living. This is something to be excited about.Yes, you read correctly. While it’s a truism to say that the best art has always been created in poorer times, the real gift that all artists today have been given...
...shouldn’t do this because of some kind of purity.’ We’re making this always as best as it can be seen by new audiences.”Later that night, the HFA screened Friedkin’s first major film, “The People vs. Paul Crump,” a documentary of a death-row inmate convicted of a murder he likely didn’t commit. The film prompted the governor of Illinois to send Friedkin a thank-you letter, saying the film led him to commute Crump?...
...opportunity to take some of the lessons I learned in the phenomenal success of MGH and apply it in a setting like Yale,” Lynch said. “It was an opportunity that was irresistible.” He said that Yale is making a major investment in cancer research, both in clinical care and translational research, and that he has a once in a lifetime opportunity to lead it. Those who worked with Lynch at Mass. General praised him for both his research and mentorship. “Tom is a one in a million...
...Outside Portland’s City Hall, people waved placards and shouted “pedophile” in protest of his continued service. Major papers such as The Oregonian dubbed the affair a “sex scandal” and the relationship, “inappropriate.” Rare is coverage of the affair that doesn’t in some way construct the relationship as the older, experienced man taking advantage of a young boy, confused and overwhelmed by his own sexuality. Yet critics insist that their disgust at Adams’s behavior comes about...
...bringing the journal up to speed, sacrificing much of a summer to complete her predecessors’ unfinished issues.Nearly 20 years later, Kagan rose to lead the Law School, another institution plagued by infighting and discontent. Though it had begun to experience a revival, the school still faced major unresolved issues when she assumed the deanship in 2003.The peace and institutional reform during Kagan’s tenure as dean of the Law School have marked a significant shift from the ideological battles in the 1980s and early 1990s, when a warring faculty became symbolic of the school?...