Word: paradoxical
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This classic Gilbert and Sullivan musical has become one of the most enduring and long-lasting productions in the realm of Harvard theater. Filled with gallivanting pirates, puns and paradox, this theatrical masterpiece has it all. A great show that can be enjoyed over and over, Pirates is an uplifting piece replete with songs and witty humor. New cast members mixed with returning experience makes for a well-balanced, fresh production. "This is one of the few shoes one can do (and do well) and not have to take seriously," co-producer Dennis Clark said. "It's a little intellectual...
There's a paradox there. His movies are no more stimulating visually than the cable docs they ape. Their sophistication comes from somewhere else. But they get under your skin--O.K., we'll skip the dog-with-fleas joke--and make you think about something most movies have forgotten: the ineluctability of American innocence. Odd that it takes a sardonic nobleman to remind us of that. Odd but exhilarating...
...study groups offered this year include The Paradox of the European Union; The War Room 2000: An Insider's Look at the 2000 Presidential Election; Building the Future in Latin America: Democracy's Promise?; The State of Health Care in America; God and Politics; Put Away: The Crisis of American Prisons; Terrorism: American Response to the Foreign Threat; The Ethics and Policy of Biotechnology; Persuasive Speaking for Leaders and Advocates and Politics for Dummies...
...There's a paradox there. His movies are no more stimulating visually than the cable docs they ape. Their sophistication comes from somewhere else. But they get under your skin - OK, we'll skip the dog-with-fleas joke - and make you think about something most movies have forgotten: the ineluctability of American innocence. Odd that it takes a sardonic nobleman to remind us of that. Odd but exhilarating...
Experts focus on a paradox: too much effective, overzealous fire fighting in years past unwisely extinguished the natural, smaller, healthy burns that any forest needs--fires that clear the lesser undergrowth but spare the big trees. Most foresters agree that small, "prescribed" burns, carefully controlled, are essential to prevent the larger apocalypse...