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Museums of Cultural and Natural History. Ongoing. "Birthstones" Explores the cultural and natural history of birthstones, and how perceptions of these precious and semiprecious gems have been influenced by mythology and astronomy...
Sentiments like, "Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life," make the film at times eerily reminiscent of "Saturday Night Live's" "Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handy. 'Don Juan de Marco" kills itself with kitschy sweetness in an effort to create precious moments. And Leven's concept of Don Juan as a modern model of the seducer raises some interesting questions about his understanding of the realities of contemporary sexual promiscuity...
...Science B, while the chemical science APs do likewise for Science A. And yet, for a 5 on the AP English exam one is merely patted on the back and receives nothing towards credit for the Literature and Arts requirements. The Core is much more protective of its precious humanities classes than of its sciences, by seeking to impose its non-science classes with greater force than that employed in the two science bands. Science Cores are easily avoidable or replaceable, while those Cores which fall in the humanities bands are stubbornly uncompromising to departmental course and Core interchangeability...
Many science students understandably prefer a departmental history class as opposed to a Historical Studies B class and, like the humanities oriented, should be permitted to satisfy a requirement with such a course rather than spending one of their precious few electives. Both the science concentrators and humanities-inclined are denied this logical maximization of Harvard resources and possibilities...
...that activity, there is yet precious little to show--at least in terms of laws on the books. The only provision of the Contract with America that has cleared both houses and been signed by Clinton is the one applying federal labor laws to Congress...