Word: rigidness
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...drastic intervention, we were doomed to overpopulation. Books like Paul Erhlich's The Population Bomb warned that the Earth was reaching the end of its carrying capacity, and that within decades, hundreds of millions of people would starve to death. The only way to avoid this Malthusian fate was rigid population control, which many environmentalists were in favor...
...confronted with an unstable curricular landscape at large, then the College should at least maximize the number of departmental courses that count for Core credit. Students should not be impeded on the road to graduation by the insistence that every course accepted for Core credit meet bureaucratic and rigid guidelines fixed by faculty legislation–regulations which provoked much of the outgoing program’s unpopularity...
...longer live by following societal dictates. In addition to a thematic focus on the importance of questioning assumptions, the absurdist aesthetic of “Tres sombreros de copa” promises to challenge conventional understandings of theater.Rodriguez believes that the whimsical yet reflective production will facilitate a less rigid approach to theater as well as life. She points out that the seriousness that Harvard students bring to their work also influences their understanding of drama. At Harvard, Rodriguez says, students are more likely to view participation in a play as a chance to build a resumé. Elsewhere, theater...
...greater national prosperity and partying... before the Great Depression,” Bolman says. In addition to the common thread of festivity that unites the celebrations of the Twelfth Night holiday and those of the Jazz Age, both periods share a puritanical element. It is represented by the rigid moral code of Malvolio in “Twelfth Night” and prohibition in the 20s. Amongst the revelry and puritanical elements found in the 20s, there was also a sense of mourning as the country healed from the recent losses suffered during World War I. This factor is also...
...been killed.Uys began writing plays criticizing Apartheid while attending college in Cape Town in the 1960s. As a gay man living under a government that criminalized homosexuality, estranged from the white community and legally prohibited from associating with other ethnic groups, Uys struggled to find a place within the rigid social politics of South Africa. During this time, Uys found the medium that would define his career: one-man comedies. “Elections and Erections” continues Uys’ tradition of performing as a variety of male and female characters. On stage, he is able to explore...