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...This is not the case in a production like Hasty Pudding Theatricals 159, where the audience wants to leave satisfied—not challenged—and where every joke has the same goal: to make some portion of the audience chuckle. There’s no discernable difference between puns on someone’s “cannon-BALLS” and Ai Swallow’s mixed up r’s and l’s. And when neither joke is particularly funny, things start to get uncomfortable...
...alone in that hopelessness. Sectarian lines have been drawn through mixed neighborhoods. Where Shi'ites are in the majority, Sunni families have been forced to leave for fear of death. Sunnis have responded with their own sectarian cleansing. A large portion of the mostly Sunni middle and upper classes has fled the country; Jordan and Syria together now have nearly 2 million Iraqi expatriates. Inter-sect marriages have become less and less common. Zahra's father has refused to give his younger daughter permission to follow in her sister's footsteps and marry a Shi'ite. "He is the same...
...Gospel According to the Son” in 1997. There has been a lot of speculation about the reason for the long wait, but Mailer said it was merely the voluminous research, not age, and he spoke at length about such research. For exsample, a significant portion of Mailer’s speech focused on the issue of Hitler’s genitals—namely, his reputed lack of a testicle. Mailer’s idea for this affliction of Hitler derived from a popular World War II British marching song and from Hitler’s particular...
Aspiring journalists and filmmakers may not usually think of documenting health problems in the world’s less-developed nations as a path to financial success, but an impressive portion of the Harvard community did take notice of global health challenges on Feb 15. Over 100 students and faculty members attended a film screening and panel discussion entitled “Global Health and Journalism.” The event, sponsored by the Harvard Initiative for Global Health (HIGH), aimed to give participants a better understanding of ignored global health crises. HIGH is a university-wide organization with...
...related stress typically arises from high-pressure demands and the lack of control or social support at work, the study finds. The final portion of the guide reins in more current research about the effects of stress on cardiovascular disease, cancer, the immune system, and gastrointestinal disorders...