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...indeed, this is a widespread Harvard phenomenon, afflicting women as young as 18, with the age of affliction recently having plummeted down from age 52. And yes, ladies and gentlemen, brace yourselves because the outbreak is here to stay...
...phenomenon is similarly spread across campus. By producing the students that created "The Simpsons," the Harvard community has a particular interest in the show. Whether we like it or not, we are all connected by the Harvard history of "The Simpsons." There are Ivy League jokes seasoned throughout the various episodes (Lisa is terribly depressed at the thought of going to Brown), and more directly, the characters on the show potentially walk amongst us. I can't sit through an hour of "Justice" without thinking, "Is Montgomery Burns modeled after Professor Michael Sandel? Yes--look--he's doing the finger...
...geography, and manages to exclude nobody. The show is set in Springfield, USA. With 121 Springfields in the United States, viewers have no regional or urban bias (some Springfields are more city-like than others). Meanwhile, "The Simpsons" is not only an American cultural fixture; it is an international phenomenon. It is syndicated in multiple dozens of countries worldwide. It may be no surprise that my roommates and I come from a Boston suburb, the deep Midwest, rural Germany and New York City. Despite our geographic diversity, "The Simpsons" still manages to bring us together on the cramped futon...
...define an invention as something new, created by human ingenuity. It is not a discovery of a natural phenomenon that already exists. It is not merely a product of convergence, technology's latest buzz word used to describe the combining of existing technologies. Yet as our first two choices illustrate, the art of making two or more technologies work together often requires a new invention--even if it is just a complex line of computer code...
...film of "A Hard Day's Night" was a pivotal moment in the group's meteoric rise. When it was premiered in July 1964, the Beatles were already a worldwide phenomenon. But the film projected them into a heady stratosphere. And, defying the usual laws of celebrity physics, they have never left that orbit. Where other entertainers ebb and flow in popularity, perhaps enjoying the occasional revival, the Beatles have become evergreens in the cultural garden...