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...information superhighway does its best to run in a straight line. A search for the word "hockey," will yield "puck.com"; searching for "weather" produces copious charts and myriad maps. Predictable. But throw a loaded word like "noir" into the query box, and suddenly this so-called super-highway has more twists and curves than the line for Space Mountain. "Noir" is certainly one of the most frequently used and misused terms in scholastic, artistic, and intellectual circles, and the Web proves no exception; a search turned up 1,664 sites that use the word in one capacity or another...
DIED. LLOYD BRIDGES, 85, protean actor and patriarch of an acting dynasty, whose myriad roles ranged from the dramatic (High Noon) to the slapstick (Airplane!) and, most famously, to the adventurous (Sea Hunt); in Los Angeles. As former Navy frogman and underwater gumshoe Mike Nelson in the 1950s television series, Bridges popularized skin diving, though he felt artistically hemmed in by his watery role and once mused, "If we could just get some way to do Hamlet underwater, I'd be happy." In later life he presided over the careers of sons Beau and Jeff, who got their start acting...
...process of application both for candidates and for the guidance counselors and teachers who write on their behalf. Similarly, our outreach and recruitment activities, including our policy of offering alumni/ae interviews to students in their local areas, are intended to provide thoughtful and helpful information to prospective candidates considering myriad college opportunities...
...ball was the perfect transition in the normally three-tiered weekend night. Stage one is dinner, hopefully a little better than Harvard Dining Services fare. Stage two involves watching one of the myriad of student concerts and plays, or seeing a movie. Stage three--dancing, boozing or bar-hopping in Harvard dorms, or area clubs and bars--does not usually get under way until 11:30 p.m. Thus the President's Ball provided a perfect transition between stages two and three...
...years go by, Harvard has recognized the tremendous importance, both symbolic and real, of the arts, with its myriad possibilities and challenges...