Word: profoundity
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...Drew had to consider what fit or didn’t fit, what she could or couldn’t afford,” Dunn notes. “[And] none of the changes were off the wall or impulsive.”The changes, however, were profound. The primary problem that Faust had to deal with was an overburdened budget and a too-large staff. “Drew had to dismiss 25 percent of the staff,” Radcliffe alumna Charlotte P. Armstrong ’49, who served as president of the Board of Overseers from...
...show. “[The play is] a very dark, entangled, polluted love story that helps to remind us...that the closer we get to people, the easier it is to get hurt and to be hurt by each other, which is scary, but at the same time very profound,” Wilner says. Wilner understands that the emotional depth of “Who’s Afraid?” also presents unique challenges for him and the actors. Wilner is a seasoned actor in HRDC productions, but has never directed a full-length play at Harvard...
...fairly straightforward—for instance, someone wants a summer school course to count for credit or to register late. But dealing with academic matters and student discipline often involves putting students on probation or encouraging them to take time off. This is weighty business that has a profound impact on the lives of the students on which the Ad Board passes judgment. And yet, unlike at many peer institutions, the Board does not have any student representatives.This is problematic because students can often provide a valuable new perspective, because they better understand the strains and stresses acting upon their...
...frivolous tale of surf and sun: there’s some foreboding darkness in the top right corner and a solitary girl staring out at the deep blue. That’s kinda what you’re doing on the beach, right? She’s probably contemplating profound thoughts while trying to remember what SPF her sunscreen was—just like you. Yes, everyone at the beach will take you very seriously with this one. BODY SURFING: A NOVEL by Anita Shreve This item not only has the word “body?...
...stories we read when we were growing up have a profound effect on the way we view the world. I grew up on my mother’s old Louisa May Alcott novels, resulting in a slanted worldview in which, for example, cousin marriage is permissible. (One choice Alcott novel features a plot that requires the heroine to choose which of her eight first cousins to marry.) Though I was informed by my concerned parents at age seven that such practices are, at least in our society, inappropriate, my attachment to Alcott remains. There comes a time when...