Word: projects
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Marjorie Alfus, a former K-Mart executive and the C200 member spearheading the project, hopes to have the first case study ready next fall, and over 100 in circulation within five years...
This research was part of a joint project between Brigham and Women's and the city's Museum of Fine Art to investigate the anatomy of 3,000-year old mummies without damaging them...
...Departmental classes that should count for Core credit are almost always more meaningful than comparable Core classes. Core course are allegedly distinct from departmental courses in that they teach "major approaches to knowledge," but, even if every Core course succeeded in this project (the fact that not all of them do is another matter), many departmental courses do as well. The result: students are discouraged from taking small departmental lecture courses or seminars that are usually more meaningful and intellectually stimulating than Core courses. And if they go ahead and take concentration classes anyway, they do double duty...
...real-world controversy has been overshadowed by the show's creative travails. Simon had near total control of the project from the start, and he assembled a team of collaborators who were mostly Broadway outsiders. As co-writer of the book and lyrics he enlisted Derek Walcott, the Nobel-prizewinning West Indian poet and playwright. Morris, a leading light of modern dance, was persuaded to make his Broadway debut as choreographer. The lead roles were cast mostly with singers who had little stage-acting experience--including Panamanian musician Ruben Blades and hot young salsa star Marc Anthony (playing...
...Martinez was ready: "Why should I vote for fast track when it's like pulling teeth to get anything from (the President)?" Martinez recalls saying. Within days, Martinez got a late-night call from Clinton, and, later, a call from Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater, telling him that the project would move forward. Martinez claims "there was never a deal," but a week after he came out in favor of the now dormant fast-track bill, the Federal Highway Administration green-lighted the 4.5-mile project. At $311 million a mile, the freeway would slice through historic areas of South Pasadena...