Word: segments
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dollar-upped by contestant Elizabeth, who goes on to play for a new white Cadillac.Donato glares at her for an instant, then drops his head and claps. There is still time, he tells himself—another period and a half, if this were a hockey game.But four segments later, before the final Item Up For Bid, he’s still mired in Contestants’ Row. Only one chance remains. The last contestant called down is a blond woman named M’liss, who explains that she was “written after some novel...
Though the Vestis Council hopes to make this year’s “Haute” more sophisticated than it has been in the past, producers affirm that the show is still focused on fashion at Harvard. The final segment of “Haute” will feature the personal styles of the models, all Harvard students selected by audition. It’s a nice reminder that, though Madame X might be an inspiration, fashion sense at Harvard doesn’t have to be confined to oil paintings...
...electricity machine that was built on a bed frame, having been created by a bedmaker. Another notable piece is the 18th-century orrery—a solar system model—that was wired with the help of Benjamin Franklin after a 1764 Harvard Hall fire destroyed a large segment of the University’s scientific apparatus. Franklin’s connection to the University was through his friend, former University president John Winthrop. Other details about Harvard’s scientific progression and the field’s overall evolution can be found on the instructional cards next...
...White Stripes played Late Night with Conan O’Brian for a week straight in 2003. The video plays out like a fever-dream retelling of one of their performances. All the real elements are there: in one uninterrupted shot, they play, they do a couch-interview segment in which they present O’Brian with a large cardboard version of his head, and they go home and watch themselves on TV, where he visits them (maybe this part isn’t so realistic). This relatively straightforward sequence is literally warped: the video plays with proportion...
Although Gillis, Bolotin, and Kiernan were all encouraged to consider a leave of absence by administrators, in the end, the choice was their own. Other students don’t have that luxury. They compose another segment: those the Ad Board requires to withdraw...