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...theater. One night something goes terribly wrong with their act (an assistant who happens also to be Angier's lover dies) and Borden is convicted of murder and languishes in jail, waiting to be hanged. Meanwhile, the radically deranged Angier seeks out a real historical figure, Nicola Tesla (pioneer of alternating current among many other inventions), who is marvelously played by David Bowie. Angier wants the inventor, who's into cloning, to supply him with the ultimate trick...
Becoming the first black head coach in the Super Bowl would notch another groundbreaking victory for Smith. He could face off against fellow aspirant Tony Dungy, coach of the Indianapolis Colts, another 5-0 starter. "I like being a pioneer," Smith says. Not just for African Americans, but for coaches everywhere who drop J-bombs...
...meant to bring light in from outside, DelVecchio said. The Law School campus already boasts several architectural landmarks. H. H. Richardson, a leader of the Romanesque Revival movement, designed Austin Hall in the early 1880s. And Harkness Commons, which opened in 1950, is a creation of Walter Gropius, a pioneer of the Bauhaus School of design, “The Law School has such an eclectic mix of architecture on it,” DelVecchio said. “It’s hard to add a new building to the mix.” The academic wing...
...evolving library system. From expanding our library’s connectivity in the Library Digital Initiative, to increasing storage via the Harvard Depository, to spearheading Harvard’s partnership with Google to digitize thousands of public-domain books, Verba has proven to be a genuine freethinker and pioneer. According to Interim President Derek C. Bok, Verba is preparing to retire, saying he wants to spend more time doing research. He will step down at the end of the academic year, after being first appointed in 1984 and leading a distinguished career as HUL director of length only matched...
Although Allston will undeniably remain an organ of Harvard University, it is both physically and metaphorically an enormous departure for our august institution. Rather than artificially restrain it, it makes more sense to allow the new campus to pioneer Harvard’s future direction. That process begins with architecture that challenges old ideas and, perhaps more pragmatically, cooperates with its function...