Word: scale
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...began to combine this education with his own artistic sensibilities in search of a form of “applied art”—to make visible what he refers to as “implicit personal or social geometry.”Some of the large-scale sculptures Reyes has seen realized in Mexico include a floating pyramid, which creates a natural Jacuzzi using the water on which it rests, and a “vertical park” constructed from a former housing project and fed by waste water from the surrounding apartment buildings. Many...
...anti-Ruiz forces are now spearheaded by the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), a leftist coalition that may include a small-scale guerrilla force. They have taken possession of the Benito Ju?rez University, where they continue to send messages through its radio station, Radio Universitaria, giving orders and calling for a "red alert" against the federal forces. The university is barricaded against the police, and according to witness and intelligence sources in Mexico City, the occupiers are accumulating Molotov cocktails and hand-made PVC rockets...
...make big promises to hide their ulterior motives, this undergraduate class of political activists has proven to be sincere in their campaign efforts. Harvard students in both the Dems and the HRC find fuel for their fire in a desire to actually make a change on a larger scale, rather than merely booking their schedules with resume-padding activities. Each race, no matter what the pre-election polls report, can be lost, leaving volunteers who have given everything with absolutely nothing to show for it. But failure does not seem to factor in for these dedicated students as they make...
Plus, while The Crimson does get door-dropped to all undergrads at Harvard, I’m going to go out on a limb and say it doesn’t have much change-the-world potential on a global scale. All I can be sure of ultimately remains within the domains of my personal life—I had a fun weekend, I learned a lot, and I’m thankful for the experience. End of sentence. I remain skeptical about whether the knowledge of Scotland’s Fresh Talent initiative will suddenly inspire Harvard students...
...increasingly popular fashion industry phenomenon of “vanity sizing,” which entails enlarging the size of the actual clothing, while allowing the number on the tag to remain unchanged. The result, which the article describes as “self-delusion on a mass scale,” leads to a bevy of women running around in size six clothes and feeling great about it, when in reality they might be closer to a size ten or twelve...