Word: microcosms
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...objective" caricature constructed by The Crimson of Joshua Elster described him as a quiet and introverted individual. This vague, derogatory profile is just as easily placed on any one of us wrested from our abbreviated adolescence to labor in this warped microcosm we call Harvard. The characterization lent nothing to the issue and served to further pinhole Elster into a largely villainous portrayal. If the editors had any intention of accurately and honestly informing the student body, they would never run a story like this until they had more information than two lines in a police blotter and a couple...
Harvard prides itself on attracting students from every state, becoming a cultural and geographical microcosm of the U.S., a melting pot. (Or is it now a salad bowl to the savvy anthropologist?) But when 18-year-olds from across the country gather in Cambridge, how do their backgrounds affect their Harvard experiences...
...added benefit for Los Angeles residents to shove, to plan craftily to elude the guards and get into the Irises room, and to negotiate the rapidly-moving, loud, colorful crowd of guests--all famous, at least to themselves. The Getty Center resonates with Angelenos as a idyllic microcosm of their lives: the crowds and chaotic traffic have not disappeared, they're just forgotten amidst the breathtaking views and classy architecture...
...about a multicultural White House, his decision makers have almost always been white males. "The white boys don't like not being in charge, so they took their marbles and went home," says a female staff member. Admits a top Clinton adviser: "You could say the initiative is a microcosm of the problems of race in America. But the President didn't get into this thinking it would be easy...
...credit, Morris does not attempt to summarize Europe with her commentary. She does try to encapsulate some of the trends behind the major political and social upheavals in European history, and uses Trieste always as her reference point, example or microcosm. The book holds together nicely, and the subtitle seems very apt--the book feels like the photo album of a dedicated, lifelong traveler. Anyone with a real hunger for the European experience would probably enjoy a leisurely read of Fifty Years in Europe. Yet, like someone else's photo album, more than anything else the book inspires a desire...