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Outgoing Law Review President Bert I. Huang ’96, said Kirschner is “widely respected” around the Law Review, not just for his editorial skill, but for his “unimpeachable integrity” and conciliatory manner...
Known for his sense of humor and the ease with which he is able to interact with others, Kirshner possesses the skill to be able to manage such a large organization as the AAS, said Jonathan E. Grindlay, chair of Harvard’s Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics...
...convinced of their own talent, the Fear Factor players walking away from vats of insects like Olympic champions. What finally bothers their detractors is, perhaps, not that these people are humiliated but that they are not. Embarrassment, these shows demonstrate, is survivable, even ignorable, and ignoring embarrassment is a skill we all could use. It is what you risk--like injury in a sport--in order to triumph. "What people are really responding to on these shows is people pursuing their dreams," says American Candidate producer R.J. Cutler. A reality show with all humiliation and no triumph would be boring...
...gesture is the same as in [The Martyrdom of] St. Lawrence when there is nowhere else left to go, a final gesture of pleading for escape from your fate." Titian's art transcends violent content and sometimes battered surfaces to seduce the eye with its costly pigments and breathtaking skill. It evokes a world where military commanders love art and Popes make their grandsons cardinals - and then they all line up for a group portrait...
...wrestling operate with the exact same rules as their male counterparts. Ask any women’s rugby player or wrestler—they wouldn’t have it any other way. They’d also be insulted by the insinuation that their games involve less skill, as would any men’s hockey or lacrosse player...