Word: moderners
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Radcliffe crew motivates us—not just in last nine years, but since 1972 there has been a tradition of excellence,” O’Leary says. “We try to keep that a part of who we are.”In the modern era of heavyweight competition, the Black and White heavyweights have amassed two national championships in a period of continuous success, earning a first national title in 1973 and grabbing number two in 2003.This is a daunting statistic for the squad to carry with it. But Radcliffe is used...
...instilled in the young Zhou, who grew up listening to the music on the radio.In 1966, after watching a friend play the jinghu, which figures prominently in Peking opera orchestras, 22-year-old Zhou took up the instrument as well.When the Cultural Revolution began a few months later, modern revolutionary opera was promoted over the traditional forms of Chinese opera. According to Rulan C. Pian ’44, professor emerita of East Asian languages and civilizations and of music, the Communist Party replaced the heroism of traditional Chinese opera with nationalism.Zhou started out learning modern pieces, but with...
Whatever the reason for its omission, the influence of markets is of such singular importance in the modern world that economic understanding deserves its own category. For starters, more ink is spilled about markets than almost any other topic. If one wants to understand current events, one must have a basic understanding of the economy. Markets also underlie almost every political decision we make as citizens, as government and the market have become intertwined on issues ranging from communications regulation to social programs to monetary and fiscal policy...
...failures of markets nor does it help students understand how they operate. Furthermore, most high schools do not offer courses that force students to face economic questions; so if students do not take such a course at Harvard, they can easily graduate ignorant about a central pillar of modern life...
...Exposing North Korea Daily life in a country caught between the whims of a tyrannical regime and the call of the modern world...