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...weight--and delightful. It makes of the whole exterior a cage where sunlight plays all day. In the morning the light slaloms up and down the bright diagonals. At twilight those same lines glow. And because the diagrid divides the building into four-story segments, it provides a human scale that an unbroken glass-curtain wall would not. Who cares that it tiptoes right up to the edge of gaudy? Given the mediocrity of so much that has been crammed into the Manhattan skyline over the past 25 years, you could do worse than risk a bit of glitter...
...Carnatic music is very similar to other music forms, such as Russian classical, in so far as having a 12-note octave. However, what truly sets it apart is the improvisatory nature of the compositions, based on variations in rhythms with an underlying eight beat cycle and a bass scale, called a Raga. Rudrapatna says that there is no rehearsal involved in the performance process. “It’s more like an oral tradition. You go up there, have a basic idea of lines, and play a dialogue back and forth for three hours...
...they can escape their small cramped seats, things get interesting. At this time, the random painful screeching and incomprehensible cursing begins as overlooked players lying on the floor are frequently stepped on. If you really have to go, your best bet is to go into Spider-man mode and scale the tops of the seats to reach your destination. Thirdly, no matter how much Nyquil you consume, you will not get a full night’s sleep on a bus. Aside from the sudden screams of pain mentioned earlier, there are countless other obstacles to overcome in trying...
...Each proposal calls for the abolishment of the Campus Life Committee, which currently sponsors large-scale social events and organizes student services...
...Iran's leaders insist that their right to peaceful nuclear activity, including uranium enrichment, be respected. But that demand may translate into a renewed push for a compromise in which Iran accepts that its reactor fuel be enriched in Russia but is allowed to keep a small-scale facility under IAEA supervision for enrichment research purposes. The U.S. flatly rejected such a proposal in March (on the grounds that it would allow Iran to gain important nuclear know-how), but if the alternative is confrontation, it may begin to look more appealing to some of its allies. Both Germany...