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...shocked and dismayed that The Crimson would print the cartoon ("The Ideal Harvard President," Feb. 14) by Jason Farris, an illustrator for Maxim magazine. Why would this figure, with its dysmorphically thin, highly-available female body and Albert Einstein's head be "ideal" as president? Because he or she would be smart--"like a man"--but also sexually available? Or because his or her male students could ogle and leer while walking to class...
...What Maxim does in its own pages is offensive enough, but The Crimson's editors have assaulted the Harvard population with an image that simultaneously degrades women and embarrasses your newspaper. It conveys the message that you support the objectification of female bodies for sexual use. Harvard has come a long way since its days as an all-male Old Boys' Club, but this kind of representation is an acute reminder of how far we have...
...help shape the final cut in his mind. "Zhang does have a very strong idea of what he wants," says Leung. "It's just that we don't." When told Cheung and Leung are bewildered at how little he seems to direct them, Zhang chuckles. "There's a Chinese maxim that says if you're playing a perfect drum, you don't need to pound it," he says. "The gentlest tap is all it takes to get what I want from such capable actors." That's the single most striking feature of watching Zhang Yimou's work: his selection...
...Suck up to your chairman The old maxim goes that a man never stands so tall as when he bends over to kiss an a__. This holds especially true with the Senators who must confirm you. So meet with the Great Men. Flatter them. Bring a fruit basket...
...site went through three redesigns, repositioned itself to focus mainly on e-commerce and even sponsored the big screen at Giants games across the street. But TheMan.com's attendance was disappointing, certainly not enough to keep the investors at Highland Capital happy. "People were like, 'Who are you? Another Maxim? Another Details?" says James Lombardi, site product manager and brother of co-founder Steve Lombardi. "We were trying to do too much, trying to tackle every single aspect of men's lives. That wasn't going to generate high revenue...