Word: mar
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Designers trained by the GSD include many of the most recognizable names in American architecture: Philip Johnson '27 (BAR '43), Michael Graves (MAR '59), Ulrich Franzen (MAR '48), I. M. Pei (MAR '46). Throughout the years, GSD-trained designers have have staffed most of the top architectural firms in the nation, mostly on the East Coast...
...place in light of the intentions of this production. The reviewer appears to be more concerned with being witty than with presenting a fair assessment The review could have been negative without being mean-spirited, and without missing the point of a charity production. All too often, Crimson critics mar their reviews with self-indulgent forays into verbal gymnastics and typically Harvardian condescension. Kate Robin '88 Sarah McKearnan '87 Zak Klobucher...
SEVERAL PROBLEMS MAR Bradford's approach to the text. Why, for instance, has he not cut the distracting subplots often excluded in contemporary productions--such as the hackneyed drinking scenes between Caliban and minor characters Trinculo and Stephano, or the awkwardly staged scene in which the goddesses Iris, Ceres and Juno appear? These types of passages have little charm and distract the audience from the more important issues of the play. Bradford could have populated his huge stage in other ways...
...former film idol is not used to acting out a role, like the presidency, without censured script in hand. In past microphone tests, not knowing that he could be heard, he threatened to bomb the Russians and treat terrorists with-like vengeance. When off-the-cuff remarks mar the wholesome image he tries to project, he expects a purged "take two." But the chief exec is under the constant, unforgiving spotlight of live TV. Goof-ups are on the record, like...
...case of my three friends upstairs, although their sentences were less harsh, is even more disturbing to me. They were all put on disciplinary probation, placing a permanent mar on their record. For what? They "pennied" out our door so that we could not open it, and stood by ready to dump water on us when we managed to get out. Friendly and fun, as before. Yet the Ad Board found that this action was sufficiently dangerous to deserve probation for all involved. Had we urgently needed to get out, they were right there, ready to open the door. They...