Word: performer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pragmatic cosmopolitan, I would repeat the formulation I made in my February 25 letter--that "Black students at Harvard (and other colleges too) who have chosen cosmopolitan identities rather than ethnocentric ones will in the future perform their Black leadership requirements better...." I would also repeat my critique of Black Alumni weekend. First, it's an illconceived use of Black bourgeois resources. And since the quintet informs us in its letter that the Black Alumni affair last weekend was (sadly, I think) heavily funded by Harvard resources, this event is also an illconceived and illegitimate use of Harvard's funds...
...neurologists and neuroembryologists agree that until the third trimester of fetal development (24-36 weeks), the spinal cord is not far enough developed to pass messages to the brain, and the brain itself does not develop until then the cognitive structure needed to perceive pain or aggression or to perform "purposeful action." It is especially irresponsible for the narrator of the movie to assert that a 12-week fetus could experience pain. Dr. Edwin Myer, chairman of the department of pediatric neurology at the Medical Colege of Virginia, says "that the fetus feels pain is a totally ridiculous statement. Pain...
Tsang will perform one of two original pieces by Harvard graduate students featured in the concert, which is free and open to the public...
Music for "The Turn of the Screw" is extreme difficult, the opera's participants say. "The music is not as accessible to the audience as other operas making it slightly dissonant to the audience and harder for the stagers to perform," says Hellmold. "The composer has, the singers in mind, however making, for example, the cues for the part of the 11-year-old boy easier to pick...
...first praise of the dancers must be awarded to the impressive attention span of the kids. These fifth and sixth graders not only perform the steps set before them with laudable accuracy and energy, they manage also to remember all of the long and complex sequences. A special mention must go to Albert Silva who, while biting intently on his lower lip, dances with spirit and stage presence beyond his years...