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...secreto de sus ojos” (“The Secret in Their Eyes”) is meant to explore the nature of violence, to question the human passion for the destructive, to honor sacrifice in the name of friendship, and to consider the potential for a love that either cuts across socioeconomic class or “freezes in time.” The film does, in one way or another, include all of these motifs, but it presents them in a way that is so cliché and fragmented that their meaning, for the most part...
...zero-rupee note program works because corruption is often a product of social norms. As development efforts go forward, such efforts to change social norms should be emphasized above ineffective structural reforms that paper over persisting problems. India has had legal structures meant to fight corruption since the country’s inception, but in the words of Kennedy School professor Lant Pritchett, “the de jure process no longer has any real claim on the behavior of the agents of the state, who are following a different de facto set of procedures” that have basically...
...certain degree of cultural hybridization appears inherent in many designers’ projects. Modern fashion has been inextricably tied with appropriation—the browsing of and borrowing from other cultures and time periods. Until recently, this meant mainly European couture houses and designers adopting and tweaking patterns, techniques, and textiles from other regions...
Vinay A. Trivedi ’13, who said he is considering concentrating in economics or philosophy, said that he was initially excited when he heard about the grading change, because it meant he would be able to take the class without having to worry about it significantly increasing the difficulty of his course load...
Dozens of couples were supposed to make out in Winthrop Park this past Saturday afternoon—not in random acts of passion, but in competition. The French Kiss-a-Thon, put on by the Boston Babydolls Burlesque, was meant to be a publicity stunt for its new show, conveniently titled “French Kiss...