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...wide range of opinions and predictions regarding the role that Houses will play in the future. Chopra feels the loosely-knit House communities are still recovering from randomization. With the implementation of the lottery, facilities have to be equalized to “better reflect each House being a microcosm of the whole College...
They will be cheering for Coach Bill Belichick, who designed a near-flawless game plan to counter the Rams’ vaunted offense. Belichick’s superb performance was a microcosm of this season, in which he transformed a last-place team into a champion...
...vice chairman at EMI, David Munns, were pivotal in pushing PolyGram (now part of Universal) from third place to the world?s largest music company between 1989 and ?98. But the rhythms of the music business have changed since then. EMI?s troubles are a microcosm of what?s ailing a $40 billion industry that can no longer rely on fans buying CDs by the armful to replace outmoded record collections. Too many expensive-to-maintain artists are selling too few CDs to an increasingly fragmented public. U.S. sales fell 3%, the first drop in a decade. Add huge losses...
...final 38 seconds were a microcosm of the entire game for Harvard as the Crimson missed three three-pointers...
...pretty significant thing in American history. It was the seed of learning that created a generation that, in the Northeast, created the American Revolution. It’s been a hotbed for a long time.” While Harvard may seem to be a relatively quiet and sheltered microcosm to many current undergraduates, Martin notes that his years at Harvard were steeped in revolution and controversy. As a freshman living next to University Hall in 1969, Martin experienced the student riots and sit-ins first hand...