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...Picasso who first showed him the way. In the central panel of one of Bacon's works from the 1970s, Triptych--In Memory of George Dyer, a shadowy man stands near the landing of a darkened stairwell, turning a tiny key in a lock. That key is borrowed from an odd creature doing the same in several of Picasso's seaside pictures from the late 1920s, when he was flirting with Surrealism. Those elastic Picassos, with their biomorphic figures that are part human, part dirigible, part swollen breast or phallus, turned a key in Bacon. They showed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tragic Hero: A Majestic Francis Bacon Show | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

There is no doubt that balancing so many sports poses a difficult task, and if the Crimson faces anywhere near the $495,000 setback that the Engineers will suffer in 2009, Harvard Athletic Director Bob Scalise may have little choice in wielding the axe on a few less prominent squads...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ANGELS IN THE BRONDFIELD: Crimson Should Not Cut Sports | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

...wait times for machines, older equipment, fewer classes, and overcrowding. According to athletic department officials who spoke to The Crimson on condition of anonymity for fear of losing their jobs, the MAC will remain closed during the summer, leaving students with two smaller, less centrally-located facilities: Hemenway Gymnasium near the Law School and the Murr Center, situated across the Charles River by the athletic fields. As part of the University’s sweeping cost-cutting measures, the initiative aims to slash expenses in the athletic department’s budget. But athletic administrators said the move would also...

Author: By Ahmed N. Mabruk, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Campus Gym May Close for Summer | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

...parallels made between their situations is effective in creating a microcosm of the college experience.The set is comprised of three partitions; stage right contains a marble stone bench and a streetlight, the center is strung up with holiday lights framing a long table strewn with red Solo cups and near-empty rum bottles, and stage left depicts a dorm room with a bunk bed and a cluttered wooden desk.While condensing the college scene into these basic settings, the partitioning also represents the integration of the characters’ very different lives into one continuous narrative. In front of these raised...

Author: By Minji Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Quad' Complicates Stereotypes | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

...Strawberry stepped up to the plate. You couldn't keep your eyes off that long, looping swing that sent many moon shots into the right field seats. He even once hit a ball that sailed so high, it struck the roof of Montreal's Olympic Stadium. Strawberry was a near-lock for the Hall of Fame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Darryl Strawberry | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

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