Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...members or representatives of student organizations. If you wish to submit such a piece, please call or send it to the Editorial Chair. Commentary pieces should be approximately three to four double-spaced pages in length. Signed pieces, letters and commentaries appearing on the editorial page do not necessarily reflect the views of The Crimson editorial board...
...front of 300 first-year students, sexist jokes do more than reflect the prevalence of sexism at Harvard; they reinforce sexist attitudes among those who are looking...
...Rose Tattoo" is one cut that effectively showcases this combination. Co-written by Byrne and W. Colon, "The Rose Tatto" is set to a Bomba/Mozambique beat with somewhat depressing Spanish/English lyrics that reflect on the impossibility of dreams and humanity: "And they were imagining Roses/As if life itself were a dream/Is a gift not a reason for living?/Not enough, not enough, so it seems." The chorus then switches to Spanish with the refrain: "Brinde a la Rosa/Y al hombre que no vive/Perdido en un sueno/en un atmosfera imposible," reflecting again the hopelessness of illusion...
...curious cut on Rei Momo that imposes tension and humor into a Rumba/Llesa sound. Lamenting that "Good and evil, good and evil/They turned 'em loose, they turned into people," this song combines piano and the bata instrumentation of Milton Cardona, Marc Quinones and Jose Mangual, Jr. to reflect the stresses of opposing positive and negative forces. The ending fades into the distance with a melody pattern not unlike a top 40 love song that takes a sharp turn from the salsa; in the context of all the varieties on the album, however, it is thoroughly convincing...
...rarely translate to civic responsibility. Like the more intractable tensions of incorporating the best of capitalism while preserving socialism -- tensions that have arisen because of, rather than in spite of, Deng's economic reforms. Like everything about the ghost marriage and those who celebrate it. All this and more reflect the clash of modernity and tradition and the exquisite balancing acts required when a nation persists in pursuing contradictory notions of culture, economics and politics at the same time...