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...sagging global economy through articles by distinguished academics. Notable contributors include Benn Steil, director of international economics at the Council of Foreign Relations, Ellen E. Meade author of Regional Monetary Integration, and Harvard Professor of International Economics Richard N. Cooper. One of the review’s editors, Owen C. Barron ’10, said that the new issue’s overarching goal was to show how the economic crisis extends beyond the borders of the United States. “These articles are just one step forward in reforming the system,” Owen added...
...glockenspiel, tuba, banjo, trombone, and recorder to the standard indie-pop acoustic guitar, hyperactive synth, and crisp, peppy drums. These instruments are densely layered, with the guitar taking the back seat and providing a base for unison melodies on banjo and horns during the instrumental breaks. Singer Jof Owen has the voice for twee, an expressive near-whisper that works particularly well when multitracked into dense harmonies. His timbre reinforces their aesthetic of naïveté, but sounds a bit thin when soloing over acoustic guitar on tracks like “The Worm Forgives The Plow...
...every choice made by Friedkin for “The French Connection” was either motivated by intuition or forced by circumstance. Hackman was only considered after a number of other actors were unavailable or turned the role down—among them, Jackie Gleason. Friedkin chose cinematographer Owen Roizman—who received an Oscar nomination for the film—without ever having seen a frame of film he had shot. “As a filmmaker, the one thing I did pick up somehow was to trust my instincts,” he said.These hunches pointed...
...perpetuated the politicized mindset of the time, Kagan was skilled in the art of listening to conflicting viewpoints, her classmates say.“She was the adult presence in the room, the one who could get people to sit down and reconcile their differences,” says Owen J. Clements, a member of the Law Review under Kagan’s leadership. “She struck me as wise beyond her years.”D.C.-BOUNDNominated to the post of solicitor general, Kagan may soon have the opportunity to exercise her diplomatic skills in the political...
...read it],” Grzecki read aloud. The audience laughed along as Grzecki read the book’s surreal second chapter, which featured the Keezer Cat—who offers to buy Alice’s skin— and a mustachioed Humpty Dumpty. John B. Owen ’10, another Lampoon officer, then took over and read what he claimed was a historical document he found at Widener Library. The work was called “A Guide for the Freshman of this College” and featured rules for proper freshman behavior. It also appeared...