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...Consequently, it’s important to keep in mind how much the virtual life has deeply remodeled our ways of conceptualizing space in a way that older generations can’t understand. We have entered an age in which not only particular tastes about spaces, but the basic assumptions about what space is are being revolutionized...
...Faust said that she would invoke the past to demonstrate the important relationship between military service and citizens’ rights. “I think here about the ways in which military service and full citizenship have been so closely aligned, and as a civil war historian in particular, I think about what military service meant to African Americans,” she said. “And I think we see another issue here with another segment of the population that’s been told they cannot participate in the military, and that?...
...shortly after graduating from MIT, DeBergalis found his interest in his work waning. “So much of it is so divorced from anything in particular,” he says of his time writing code and running scripts. “I could never explain to my mom what I did or why she couldn’t buy what I wrote...
...developed a much louder speaking voice, necessary when trying to quiet down a cast of 20,” she says.Kaufman’s attention detail and caring attitude makes her especially sensitive toward her cast and crew. She is aware of every detail of a particular show, down to the most important items to bring to a rehearsal. “Painkillers and tissues are top of the list,” she says.Though Kaufman acted in small roles in high school productions, she never planned to actively pursue theater at Harvard. Upon the encouragement of several Freshmen...
...Obama's campaign was dismayed as well by the timing of those comments, which came just as their candidate had begun to regain his political footing after being defeated by Clinton in last week's Pennsylvania primary. In particular, they overshadowed campaign events that were aimed at connecting better with senior citizens and blue-collar whites, two groups that Obama has been losing to Clinton. "It's harder to break through if you're spending a lot of time on Reverend Wright," lamented one of Obama's top strategists...