Word: shifts
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...moment. Banished and disinherited within the first couple scenes of the play, he assembles an alliance of the many lords mistreated by Richard and invades England. Despite the title, the play is more about his rise than Richard’s fall. After Richard died, the action shifted to depicting the consolidation of Bolingbroke’s power, but oddly enough, rather than letting the humor die with the most humorous character, Zalisk amped up the farce. There was a scene of an assassination attempt played as a sitcom, complete with broad mugging, slapstick, and a laugh track (provided...
...without a College events board in the past year. Although efforts to institutionalize the success of the Harvard State Fair and the Harvard-Pep rally are commendable, these events will hardly have a dramatic impact on students’ opinions of campus social life. A name change and a shift of finances are simply not enough...
...park the vehicle, so that he can work on a business proposal in secret. While these moments had many viewers in stitches, fans of Williams’ biting standup or his darker turns in recent comedies like “Death to Smoochy” may find this shift to potty humor lackluster. That being said, “R.V.” is obviously not meant to be a pointed comedy; it’s a crude PG-rated family flick. While it follows a hackneyed story line, pop-culture jokes give the film a degree of freshness. Williams...
...name change indicates a deeper policy shift, from “the iron law of Graustein” to a system in which associate professors—who are promoted from their initial assistant professorships, if qualified, after four to six years—are automatically considered for tenure...
...Springfest. While these performers, in terms of their mainstream appeal, may not be a radical departure from previous acts that have appeared at Harvard (Guster, Busta Rhymes, Bob Dylan all performed in the past, though not at Springfest), the logistics behind this year’s concert have shifted considerably.According to the Harvard Concert Committee (HCC), 2006 marks a renewed commitment to undergraduate life: an event that is made for, and planned by, students at the College. This year, the HCC was given unprecedented authority in preparing for the fest. It remains to be seen, however, how much of this...