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...Oxford New American Dictionary defines "still life" as "a painting of lifeless things." Unfortunately, in most cases, a lifeless subject means a dull painting. And five rooms full of dull paintings--the MFA's "Grand Illusion: Four Centuries of Still Life"--definitely makes for a lifeless show...
...Rhodes is clearly impossible for anyone with a shred of self-esteem. Some seniors may despair, since it seems impossible to land an administration job without one. But there is life beyond Oxford. Along with big-name, big money grants are offerings that are not as well-known but lucrative nonetheless. Indeed, students can find hundreds of other programs, each of which requires no more than flawless essays, stellar recs and, in a few cases, stigmata...
...study based largely on interviews with surviving original ragtimers. But oral history is necessarily flawed, since recollection fails with the passage of years, and a more scholarly, rigorous treatment was called for. Now comes King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era by ragtime scholar Edward A. Berlin (Oxford; 334 pages; $25); it immediately supplants the earlier book as the most accurate and informative Joplin biography...
...classroom, located close to an outside entrance, will have windows which look out onto Oxford Street, and will accomodate as many as 30 computer terminals and 40 to 50 students...
Bill Clinton returns to Oxford to inhale the rarefied air of his alma mater... and be confronted by echoes of his scruffy, rebellious past