Word: matters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...never got the sense that that was his limit on their significance and I never got the sense that he wanted to put into words their explicit significance." After all, Rothko himself later pointed out that the murals' crimson backgrounds refer to the "spirit of Harvard," and the subject matter of the murals is a series of H's, contracting and expanding in rhythmic progression...
...rest of the story plays out literally like an irreversible reaction. Rothko, who in addition to being radically innovative with subject matter, was also extremely experimental with media, haphazardly using a variety of unstable compounds such as egg whites and cheap Woolworth's paint. For the Harvard murals, Rothko mixed ultramarine, a stable blue pigment, with lithol red, a highly non-colorfast red hue, to yield the then crimson background. The murals' appearance today is the result of fading due to ultraviolet radiation that shone through the bay window of the penthouse. Furthermore, after the installation, the penthouse was turned...
...order, as a matter of fact...
...sincerely hope that a majority of the council representatives are trusting enough in the wisdom of the student body to put this matter to a referendum. It seems that the only way that the council will downsize is if it is forced to do so by its electors. Indeed, this might be the first chance students have had in a long time to directly influence the council's effectiveness. Let's hope it's not the last...
With upcoming games against Ivy cellar-dweller Yale (1-8, 0-7 ECAC) and middle-of-the-road Princeton (4-3-2, 3-3-1 ECAC), however, it may not matter if half the team does not show up until the second period because neither game should be a problem for the Crimson...