Word: slants
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...Medical Imagination,” and “Science & Society”) seem to engage in scientific reading and writing. Especially considering Harvard’s recent push for greater work in the sciences, the first-year writing course should offer more classes with a science slant. Finally, students should also have the option to take an Expos class that involves work in different broader areas, including the Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, and the Humanities. It will be difficult to make these classes to be theme-based, but the opportunity for students to experience a greater breadth of writing...
...simply put white actors in "yellowface." The term is a misnomer. Whereas a white actor playing a black was obliged to dab cork to darken the visage, a white playing an "Oriental" character didn't change face color but applied spirit gum to give the eyes a higher slant...
Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin II also disagreed with the slant of the Reuters article and O’Reilly’s implication that Harvard students aren’t capable of planning their social lives...
...every movie from the Star Wars trilogy to Knightrider to The Matrix and unsympathetically mocks every public figure from Michael Moore to Kim Jong-Il to, curiously enough, Matt Damon. And they do it with puppets. Unlike most politically-motivated comedies these days, there’s no clear slant towards either the left or the right. Team America is a throwback to the kind of movie that casts the establishment as the good guy and everyone who goes against them are either evil or woefully misinformed. While, to many, such a theme may seem ironic, what makes this movie...
...every movie from the Star Wars trilogy to Knightrider to The Matrix and unsympathetically mocks every public figure from Michael Moore to Kim Jong-Il to, curiously enough, Matt Damon. And they do it with puppets. Unlike most politically-motivated comedies these days, there’s no clear slant towards either the left or the right. Team America is a throwback to the kind of movie that casts the establishment as the good guy and everyone who goes against them as either evil or woefully misinformed. While, to many, such a theme may seem ironic, what makes this movie...