Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...computer terminals require a little coaxing as both are strongly determined to replay the interactive experience of the outside terminal. But there is more information to be found, even rare glimpses into Harvard life. For example, a video documents the acting career of "3rd Rock" star John Lithgow during his time at Harvard. And images of Mother Theresa's address here in 1982. Of course, with our $11 billion endowment, the university could obviously not afford to make these presentations real multimedia features, thus effectively denying visitors the pleasure of hearing sounds to go with the paltry images...
...stitch of Gore-Tex. Set against a backdrop of incredible nature shots and panoramic views, the film tracks the adventures of a team of climbers headed by Boston's own David Breashears. The film focuses on the experiences of three climbers. Araceli Segarra is a Spanish rock climber destined to be the first Spanish woman to reach the top of Everest. Jamling Tenzing Norgay is the son of "Tiger" Tenzing Norgay, who, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, first topped the mountain. The third, Ed Viesters, is a seasoned Everest climber who shuns oxygen tanks, facing the oxygen-poor environment...
Everest takes advantage of the diverse backgrounds of its protagonists to catch some great shots of each climber in their native region. The audience zips along on mountain bikes with Viesters and his fiancée on the plains of Utah and scales treacherous rock outcroppings on the Iberian peninsula with Segarra. Norgay appears praying at Tengboche, a Buddhist monastery nestled at the base of Everest, creating a less exilarating but beautiful and moving scene...
When I taught a course on Australian history in the fall, I began by showing slides of Australia's two most recognized icons--Uluru (or Ayer's Rock) and the Sydney Opera House. They make an interesting pair. That extraordinary monolith, Uluru, not only serves as an image of the Outback, but, as an Aboriginal sacred site, of the culture of the first Australians. The Sydney Opera House on the other hand, a symbol of modernism in expansive mood, reminds us that Australia is also a highly urbanized society capable of producing its own monuments...
...Blacks try to integrate Little Rock, Ark., high school...