Word: proving
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...overburdened by too many images and too much information, waging tiny wars of attrition within themselves, rather than against their ostensibly political targets. Opposite in address, yet equally disappointing, most of the photographs are too obvious or formally preoccupied. However, two softly-colored photographs by Danielle J. King '00 prove notable exceptions. The archetypal house in one of her square photographs appears as stiff and plastic as the child's play house in another. In the tradition of Dan Graham and Thomas Struth, King's domestic subjects are so patently legible and ordinary they become somehow mysterious or surreal...
...those who can tolerate Holub's tendency to climb up onto his high horse, Shedding Life should prove a successful marriage of the two cultures, appealing to both poet and pathologist, without condescending to either. Most importantly, Shedding Life proves to be a valuable and surprising perspective on the political climate of Eastern Europe today...
...really true that most people have a deeper, better side than what we usually see? It's tough to prove. But as a slice of evidence, consider the "blocking" process, in which first-years select the people with whom they expect to live for the next three years. Despite the College's efforts to create complimentary rooming groups, countless uncontrollable factors make rooming placement for first-years more or less arbitrary. As a result of this randomness, one might expect a mass exodus from these contrived rooming groups by sophomore year as students chose to live with people who shared...
...questioned the ultimate value of pursuing a linear track of learning, feeling that self-education might prove less limiting and more applicable," Payanzo says of her decision to defer...
...read this week's lead article in The New York Times Magazine with some skepticism and a pinch of admiration. Jack Miles, who recently became well-known for his award-winning book God: A Biography, sets out to prove that doubt is a good thing for religion and that religion in turn is a good thing for America. By distinguishing between religion and belief, Miles manages to treat the current religious upswing in a sophisticated fashion, as the title of the article "Religion Makes a Comeback. (Belief to Follow.)" makes clear. Unfortunately, for all his sophistication, Miles gets the human...