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Color has long functioned as a cultural mood ring. There was the rainbow cacophony that defined the free-love, footloose '60s and the avocados and vegetal yellows of the '70s, which style experts attribute to environmental empathy spawned by Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Precisely how these trends catch on has always been hazy; the trail of bread crumbs is typically detectable only in hindsight. But there's big business in forecasting the color of the moment. A DuPont survey found that 39% of prospective car buyers would buy a completely different brand if unable to obtain their color preference...
...Rachel L. Wagley ’11, Secretary of the Harvard Republican Club (HRC), is a social anthropology concentrator in Quincy House. Peyton R. Miller ‘12 is a government concentrator in Wigglesworth. Andrew J. Crutchfield ‘12 is a government concentrator in Thayer. Both Crutchfield and Miller are General Board Members of the HRC. All three have worked on the McCain campaign...
...don’t see in the news.” To this end, I-Fest featured posters that explained the country’s history, Supreme Court, ethnic and religious diversity, LGBT and women’s rights, and other aspects of Israeli culture. Programming Coordinator for HSI Rachel E. Levy ’11 expressed her desire to “show that Israel is fun,” adding that this year’s I-Fest had even more food and activities than in the past. Attendees were able to make Hebrew name bracelets, purchase...
...consumers everywhere are reeling. Christopher Adams is an architect who lives with his wife Rachel in a North Miami Beach condo project in which fully 25% of the 244 units are in foreclosure. That means higher maintenance fees for those - like the Adamses - who continue to pay their mortgages. And as his monthly payments have gone up, Adams' income has gone down. His firm has lost three projects over the past year as commercial developers canceled jobs. As a result, he and his wife make decisions that ripple through the economy. He cashed...
...Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Despite his stylistic missteps, Cappellani’s novel, at once full of literary allusions and lacking all high literary pretension, is a whimsical tribute to Shakespeare’s genius. —Staff writer Rachel Burns can be reached at rburns@fas.harvard.edu...