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...that in the past eight decades we've gone from measuring by furlongs and pinches to microns and nanoseconds and gigabytes, but we're still sizing bras according to the first few letters of the alphabet? And I'm not discounting the seminal work of the Swiss anthropologist Rudolf Martin, who classified breasts into four types: flat, hemispheric, conical and goat-udder-shaped. It's just that, inexplicably, his nomenclature system failed to catch...
...funny misunderstanding with Martin Puryear a few weeks ago. We were talking about a work of his from the late 1980s and the problem of beauty in art. You might not know that beauty is a problem, but for a long time it has been suspect as a virtue. If Picasso and Braque had worried about beauty, the thinking goes, they would never have ventured into Cubism. And in due time they found their way to--what else?--another kind of beauty...
...sensitivity to insulin is also related to ovulatory function in women. Currently, Harvard University Dining Services works closely with HSPS and Willett to design meal plans. Not only are our dining halls free of trans fats, they also provide other fertility-friendly options daily, according to HUDS spokeswoman Crista Martin. These foods include low glycemic carbohydrates like whole grain pasta and bread and protein from healthy sources like soy beans and chickpeas...
...style that shares some elements with Bharatanatyam, but is newer and intended for a wider audience. A dance drama in the Bharatanatyam style will be performed during the second part of the production. “Nowadays there are a lot of fusion dances,” said Prerna Martin ‘09, the other co-director of “Kalpanam.” “Dance drama is an attempt on our part to keep the tradition going so that people are exposed to it.” Each year, production staff choose a different theme...
...friend the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has had a hand in regulating monopolies across these three media formats. For decades, it has maintained restrictions prohibiting media conglomerates from owning newspapers, television networks, and radio stations in the same city. But in the past two weeks, Kevin J. Martin, the chairman of the FCC, has come forth with a new plan that would relax this restriction and allow companies to control radio stations, newspapers, and television networks in the same city, within certain guidelines.The impetus is understandable, given the difficulties that all three media formats have faced. The advent...