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Sniderman creates a superbly farcical yet self-contained Face, the show’s most profound character. Acting as the sycophant, the officious hustler, and the meek servant with equal ease, Sniderman brings an understated humor to Face’s many roles. He mimics the antics of the gulls with relish but is just as entertaining when he stands removed from the action, a sly smile playing at his lips. Jacobs, too, gives a forceful and lively performance as the fiery...

Author: By Natasha M. Platt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hilarity Reveals Human Truths | 12/4/2005 | See Source »

...more personal. The student-professor relationship is more individualized,” he says. In Berlin’s educational institutions, according to Schmidgen, even seminars have at least 30 to 40 students. Harvard’s seminars have “a more profound focus on the individual interests of students,” he says. And, in Berlin, professors occasionally try hard to deter students from taking their classes to prevent overcrowding, Schmidgen adds.One method of deterring enrollment, he says he observed, is talking rapidly about things that students don’t understand. Schmidgen also explains that...

Author: By Tina Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DAY IN THE LIFE: Students Sample Schmidgen of Scholarly Spice | 12/2/2005 | See Source »

...efforts at economic growth frustrated by a disease that kills farmers, teachers, and businessmen in the prime of their working lives. And HIV/AIDS reserves an especially cruel toll for society’s most vulnerable. Gender discrimination, physiological susceptibility, and economic inequality have combined to affect a profound demographic shift in the disease; almost 60 percent of people living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa are women, and worldwide, women continue to be infected at a higher rate than men. As communities are left bereft of mothers and fathers, orphanages overflow, and grandparents are left to care for grandchildren. Worldwide...

Author: By Matthew F. Basilico, Luke M. Messac, and Sarah A. Moran | Title: Beyond the Red Ribbon | 12/1/2005 | See Source »

...said Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments Sara Schechner. Years in the making, the collection consists of pieces gathered and donated by David P. Wheatland ’22 and other artifacts Harvard has amassed since its 1636 inception. “David Wheatland had a profound sense in the middle of the twentieth century...[and he] built this splendid collection, which unfortunately, until now, did not have a display space,” Brandt said. Previously housed in the Science Center basement, among other places, the collection’s historical instruments were only recently brought...

Author: By Kathleen A. Fedornak, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Gallery Showcases Old Science | 12/1/2005 | See Source »

...refuses to refine his production or songwriting. “Drugs, Basketball, & Rap” falls prey to the same fate as the “message” tracks on “The Beautiful Struggle.” Instead of sensitively presenting the listener with his profound thoughts, he panders to pop convention with trite choruses and aluminum beats.Talib adopts enough contradictory guises on this album to make a schizophrenic blush. “The Beast,” “Who Got It,” and “Roll Off Me” attempt...

Author: By J. samuel Abbott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mixtape | 12/1/2005 | See Source »

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