Word: nesting
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...press release, the Financial Aid Office states that the 10 percent policy will only apply to those families with assets typical for their income levels. Such a clause is understandable, since it is certainly not fair for a family with an income of $120,000 but with a large nest egg to receive financial aid. At the same time, we hope that Harvard will carefully think about what level of assets it defines as typical so as not to punish prudent saving for college. This concern, however, is fairly minor. Given the amount of planning that appears to have gone...
...stings when you stick your hand in a nest of fire ants. This nugget of wisdom—and other lessons for aspiring naturalists—were on display at last night’s showing of a documentary about two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard professor Edward O. Wilson. Wilson, who has been at Harvard for 56 years, is most famous for his work as an entomologist and his advocacy for the environment. The film featured reenactments of Wilson’s boyhood, including the incident with a pinfish that left him permanently blind in one eye. The accident...
...highlight of the night was definitely Elkies’s wonderfully sensitive performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fantasia for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra in C minor, “Choral Fantasy.” After staff moved the piano to nest within the orchestra, the audience awaited Elkies’s appearance with almost palpable anticipation...
...Refined Nest Gallery With its former factory location, bright pink pillars, green floors and some sumptuously curvaceous green sofas that look like they might be sculptures in their own right, the Ya Chao or Refined Nest Gallery, www.yachaogallery.com, is almost a parody of a funky art space. It specializes in Chinese contemporary art - Chen Feng, Han Jia Quan, Pan Wei, Liu Xuguang, Qu Fengguo, Cai Bing - but also deals in artists from the New Chinese fine arts movement...
...Fred Claus” simply lacks creativity. Sure, the basic concept differs from most. Fred Claus, played by Vince Vaughn, is the estranged brother of the more famous, more rotund Santa Claus. As a boy, Fred chose to move away from the family’s North Pole nest to escape feeling outshined by his sib. So he takes a job as a repo man. When we’re introduced to him, Fred is taking great pleasure in expropriating family televisions during the holiday season. He’s also decided to become an entrepreneur of sorts. There?...