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...tiny pager stuck in his belt, has a slightly smug turn of the mouth. His drops create a perfect ring of circles where they fall. By contrast, the drops of the woman, who looks a bit more uncertain, splash in midair and fail to form a pattern. This suggests a subtle statement about the uncertain role of women in society, whether in the U.S. or Pakistan...

Author: By Yair G. Aizeman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cultures of Hybridity | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

Contrary to popular belief, the one-inch holes that pattern the concrete walls of Mather House were not designed to allow Dunster House to breathe when it was shipped to Harvard using Mather as a box. Mather House was designed by the oldest architectural firm in Boston—Shepley, Bullfinch, Richardson and Abbot—which also built Sever Hall along with Boston landmarks such as South Station and the Boston Public Library. So why this sudden (not to mention short-lived) desire to leave unfinished concrete pockmarked by identical one-inch holes? Concrete was the building material because...

Author: By B.m. Adler and A. A. Prabhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Harvard Explained | 11/29/2001 | See Source »

Wells argued that the Darwinian mechanism did not account for large-scale evolution, was “speculative” and relied on “an inferred pattern...

Author: By Jeslyn A. Miller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panelists Discuss Validity Of Evolutionary Theory | 11/29/2001 | See Source »

...first you have to get past the cover. It must be opened flat to be properly appreciated. A series of concentric circles form the center of a beautifully symmetric pattern. It resembles one of those mystical organization charts that some kook would meticulously work out, including the cycle of seasons, evolution, day into night, birth into death and all of human thought. Look more closely and you see it also involves Ware's particular motifs of stupidity, loneliness and the mundane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Depressing Joy of Chris Ware | 11/27/2001 | See Source »

...opening minutes of the game forecast success for the Crimson, as Harvard led 13-5 at the 11:10 mark. But the Wildcats struck back, the beginning of the back-and-forth pattern of the game...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hoops Second Best At Fairfield Tournament | 11/27/2001 | See Source »

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