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...premier dance companies of the nation, the Boston Ballet nevertheless suffers from a preponderance of style over substance, evident in its most recent lavish dance spectacles. In the 1998 season, audiences were treated to a special-effects laden production of Dracula, followed by this year's equally extravagant The Princess and the Pea. The Nutcracker, now in its 34th annual rendition, is no exception to this bigger and better mentality. Boasting oversized sets and props, more than a ton of white confetti and a cast of over 400, "lavish" would be an understatement...
...author J.M. Coetzees writing. His first eight novels, though different in style, all explore the different modes of discourse through which he, as a white South African author, can convey the reality of living in a country that has seen such a rapid shift in power. In the most recent of the eight, Disgrace, Coetzee continues this exploration. Winner of the 1999 Booker Prize, Disgrace articulates the same concern as Coetzees 1990 novel Age of Iron, in which a retired Professor of Latins struggle with cancer is symbolic of the waning force of humanism. Until the 90s, humanism...
...With recent server slow-down problems, opening an average inbox takes about an extra...
...recent years, Yale has been one of the most prominent universities to consistently turn down money. About two years later, the Daily News reported on gay rights activist Larry Kramer's unsuccessful bid to establish a chair in gay and lesbian studies. Kramer, a 1957 Yale alumnus, also offered to build a gay and lesbian student center. Yale's answer...
...recent years, many prominent American universities have drawn criticism for accepting money from Turkish sources--including business people and the Turkish government--to establish professorships in Turkish studies...