Word: performer
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...Theater and organizes the Annual Harvard Conference on Tai Chi and Health. Members of the club can choose to focus on tai chi or kung fu (there are separate practices for each, plus a joint practice on Sundays), and follow the professional leadership of Master Yon Lee. Members also perform at occasional events and make appearances at St. Paul's School in New Hampshire as well as in the Cultural Rhythms festival at Harvard. Membership also entitles one to join in "discussions on issues of health and philosophy that are the foundation of Chinese martial arts [which] happen over Peking...
...When in doubt, perform. This rationale has led some professors to employ theatrical techniques to stimulate the audience. "I do give a good lecture. I like to tell a good historical tale," says Mendelsohn. "Sure, the material could be magnificent, but if I were dull, they wouldn't come...
...stage desperate students perform another kind of side-show. Kirshner's students have subjected him to every "academic" excuse thinkable. From a student missing a midterm because of a prior commitment to testify in a trial to a complaint that a plane ticket to Bermuda was non-refundable, Kirshner says one pitiful plea irks him to no end. "The worst excuse is, 'I have an interview with Goldman Sachs...
...CSMG's founding partner, Benedict Arnold '97, explained to me as he unfolded several 20 by 24-inch bar graphs onto an easel in my bedroom for a colorful client presentation. "Costs, customers and competitors. This seminar on early Hebrew literature might look interesting, for example, but when we perform a cost-benefit analysis, we see that the amount of boredom actually increases as the course progresses, while your projected grade decreases. The course's consumer base is suspiciously small, so before pursuing this niche market, it is essential to study the competition." The consultants then embarked on a fact...
Meanwhile, European diplomats are pushing a plan whereby the Palestinian people would finally get to vote in municipal elections in April as compensation for delaying the statehood declaration. Arafat, says the source, has put off such voting, fearful that Muslim radicals would perform well and thus further challenge his authority...