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...future. Having served the Tibetan people for 68 years as their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama said that the situation for Tibetans is deteriorating and that Chinese rule in Tibet is "almost like a death sentence." The leader has declared a position of complete neutrality, intending to stay silent on how the Tibetan people should engage with the Chinese government in upcoming talks in Dharamsala and New Delhi...
...Another standout among a team of stars is junior goaltender Christina Kessler, who set the NCAA single-season shutout record last year on her way to being named an All-American. Kessler kept opponents silent in 12 games and recorded a .952 save percentage for the season...
Color has long functioned as a cultural mood ring. There was the rainbow cacophony that defined the free-love, footloose '60s and the avocados and vegetal yellows of the '70s, which style experts attribute to environmental empathy spawned by Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Precisely how these trends catch on has always been hazy; the trail of bread crumbs is typically detectable only in hindsight. But there's big business in forecasting the color of the moment. A DuPont survey found that 39% of prospective car buyers would buy a completely different brand if unable to obtain their color preference...
...find meaningless. Throughout the film, visuals frequently take the place of verbal explanations. Tan periodically interrupts her documentary work with a panning shot of a man holding a mirror. As he walks, the mirror reflects the landscape around him, evoking what Tan refers to as “the silent world” of pictures. But among all assortments of existing images, Tan appreciates the occasional lucky occurrence when shooting a film. She explained how Dutch filmmakers refer to such a moment as a “cadeau,” or present. “Cinema...
...opportunities, we just need to capitalize more,” senior Abbie Harpstead said. The closest Harvard came to scoring was in the beginning of the second half, when sophomore Leigh McCoy tipped a shot from freshman Georgia McGillivray. But the shot was saved and the Crimson was left silent. “We were moving the ball well and with the speed we’ve been practicing all week,” Stone said. “We didn’t have a lucky day.” Harvard showed some promise in the second half...