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...Byzantine Empire's air of inscrutability was used not to keep people out but to draw them in - crucial for a realm whose authority required awe and loyalty from its disparate subjects. The altars of Byzantine churches, for example, were hidden by huge screens decorated with icons of saints and martyrs that, while huge and impressive, are also as inexpressive as a child's doll. Without realistic human features or vivid detail through which to tell their stories, these icons demand that viewers use imagination to grasp the lives of the dead. The icons' elusiveness, in other words, allows...
...been occupied with carbon-footprints, recycling, organic food, cage-free eggs, farmers’ markets, alternative energy, and global warming, then you should get off your high Prius because the Swiss have put you to shame. Last April, the Swiss government advanced the Green Movement light-years beyond the realm of sound judgment by establishing protection for the dignity of plants. Yes, that’s right, Switzerland—a country run by adults—has granted the right of dignity to plants.The Monty-Pythonesque task of defining plants’ dignity was given, of course...
...their peers at other competitive institutions have become accustomed to a post-college world paved in gold: You graduate, you secure your job at some bank or another, you work long hours and collect a six-figure income. The process is rigorous, but it is fairly out of the realm of the ordinary experience...
...rankings at NCAAs each year since 2006. We want to move forward from that—we not only want our boat to be a medal contender, but we want all the boats to be medal contenders. We have to back it up, but No.1 is in the realm of possibility.”—Staff writer Elizabeth A. Joyce can be reached at eajoyce@fas.harvard.edu...
...track exhorting current prisoners to turn over a new leaf, is in a similar (and long overdue) vein of maturity. So is “Dead and Gone,” where T.I. makes his first real social commentary that falls outside the realm of his own personal experience: “Niggas die everyday / All over bullshit / Dope money, dice games, ordinary hood shit/ Could this be cuz of hip-hop music / Or did the ones with the good sense not use it?” While “Paper Trail” is far from perfect?...