Word: particularity
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...land that has been “theirs” for a long time, especially in this context in which such sentiments do little to advance the peace process. But to refuse to acknowledge that sensitive and intelligent people can voice these feelings as a result of their particular experiences is not only counterproductive but also dangerous. It makes opportunities to meet the “other side,” such as Picture Balata provides, all the more valuable...
...different experience for McDaniel to be rowing on the opposite side to his erstwhile Crimson teammates, but a fun one, he said. Competing against Kosmicki in particular, who stroked Harvard’s varsity eight after his own tenure in stroke seat finished, he mentioned, added an extra, friendly incentive to win as well...
...telling. He denounces policies of violence on both sides, recounting stories of unwarranted arrests, tortures, and evictions of Palestinians from their homes by Israeli officials, as well as suicide bombings and the culture of revenge that many Palestinian leaders breed. He also tells of youthful idealism and particularly his early hope for a “single, secular Jewish-Arab state,” which eventually evolves into his strong faith in a two-state solution. He recounts how standing in the middle can put one at odds with both sides, describing how he was considered both...
...concept. Hays speculates that they are offered in only about 25 museums across the country. She says her project was inspired by a 2005 podcast for the Museum of Modern Art in New York that promoted a more personal approach to canonized art. Hays felt this approach was particularly appropriate for a museum like the Sackler. “A lot of people, fairly so, think ancient art is pretty boring. Often the objects are exhibited mostly as a testament to their own survival,” she says. “Many objects [in the Sackler] don?...
...travels to Absurdistan, a place Shteyngart describes as “an oil-rich former Soviet republic on the shores of the Caspian Sea which is at this point governed by Halliburton.” Shteyngart drew inspiration from his travels throughout the former Soviet Union, and in particular, by a place he visited in his childhood.“When I was growing up in Leningrad, we would go down to Georgia and to this town called Sukhumi, which felt like a Soviet Disneyland,” he said in a phone interview with The Crimson. Georgia and many...