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...narrative aspect of the cantata was much improved, the applicability to modern life was still hazy. Its themes of betrayal and sorrow are obviously universal, but the cantata simply lacked the feel of modernity present in the last two cantatas.In the third cantata, “Amour piqué par une abeille,” Venus and her son Love are in a garden. When Love is stung by a bee, he seeks comfort from his mother who reminds him that his own stings of love are much more painful. A lovely story in itself, the performances of Caitlin...
Pranks aside, though, the rivalry is based on our undeniable cognitive superiority. Sure, their SAT scores might be on par with ours, but that’s before you adjust for race. And sure, their graduates go on to all of the best law schools and investment banks. But what you won’t find in the admissions brochures is that lots of their graduates also go on to prison, mainly for being perverts. That fancy diploma won’t get them far there, but those “oral techniques” they picked...
...other counter arguments include the fact that the pair’s yards-per-carry are right on par and that defenses are better and faster in the 21st century. But that’s all hooey. A record is a record is a record. I know Maris had more games than Ruth, and Dickerson had more than O.J., but we remember this, the same way we’ll remember that Bonds had more chemistry than Aaron. No need to annotate...
...guests, such as French anthropologist and ethnographic filmmaker Stéphane Breton, and the former French ambassador to the U.S., Jacques Andréani. The first of a series of dinners with faculty and dignitaries is scheduled for Nov. 15, and will include the former Swedish minister of finance, Par Nuder. The center has also scheduled thesis writing workshops, providing guidance to juniors who are choosing between topics and applying for funding and to seniors who are fine-tuning their arguments. An internship program is also in the works with Harvard alumni in Europe. Students will have an opportunity...
Pharrell is an “artist”, with the emphasis on the self-righteous quotation marks. Occasionally capable of great things, he is equally good at putting together sub-par tracks and successfully passing them off as stylish hit singles. With “Wamp Wamp (What It Do),” Pharrell throws trash all over his fellow Virginians’ track and calls it a single...