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This is not to say that the entire compilation is plagued by these dated moments. Other tracks sound surprisingly modern, such as the knife-like electric bass of Miroslav Vituous and screeching soprano of Shorter on the live track “Surucucú”. The West African-inspired “Badia” features Zaminul on oud, melodica, mzuthra, vocal, West Africk xylophone and acoustic piano, and creates a unique and more importantly compelling sound from its worldly inspirations. Other slower songs such as “Three Clowns,” “The Orphan...
Caine and Scarlett Johansson (as Angier’s beautiful assistant) give their usual caliber of performances—Johansson is sexy and seems anachronistically modern, while Caine is a harmonious and grounding presence, despite his overly dramatic lines...
Harvard’s behind the times again. This comes as no surprise, to be honest. We’re an old school; we like old things. Harvard’s founding predates many popular forms of entertainment—musical theater, for example, a comparatively modern genre that came of age with the 1927 production of Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern’s “Show Boat.”In a sense, musical theater has never left adolescence. Essential questions remain: is it a play with music? Is it merely verbose opera...
...would help craft “global citizens” much more quickly, and much more cheaply, than any of the plans Harvard currently has on its shelf. While some administrators seem to think that knowledge of advanced calculus or cellular biology are critical for citizens in our modern and [insert cliché here] world, basic knowledge of current events seems to be far more critical, ie if you don’t know where North Korea is, why it wants nuclear weapons so badly, and why it was in our interest that it not get such weapons, then...
...legal framework that ostensibly governs warfare is comparatively new, that doesn’t mean it’s not outdated. Hudson Professor of Law David W. Kennedy argues as much in his new book “Of War and Law,” saying that in this modern age of terrorism, international law often obscures the ethical dilemmas that national leaders should consider in regulating wartime conduct. Kennedy is a peacenik—a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War, in fact (see the interview with him on page B2). But this thin volume reflects two decades...