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...randomly selected” Americans were instructed to pick their preferred choice of architecture from a list of 248 buildings prepared by an AIA panel. Sever beat famous buildings like Fenway Park (ranked 113) and New York’s Radio City Music Hall (100) to snag slot 77, standing as the only Harvard-affiliated building on the list...
...didn’t really see the end of it, either.”Junior center Paul Dufault gave the Crimson the lead midway through the period. After rookie defenseman Chad Morin fired a shot from the blue line, Dufault was perfectly positioned in the slot to turn and slam the rebound past Kalemba at the nine-minute mark for the eventual game-winner.Rogers padded Harvard’s lead with just 12 seconds remaining in the second period, driving home the puck after Kalemba turned away junior winger Mike Taylor’s initial shot from the right circle...
...Vend a Friend” (2006). “Vend a Friend” is comprised of a large cardboard box with written directions, explaining that with the insertion of a “ticket,” a cardboard “friend” comes through a slot in the box. On one side, an open door reveals the reality that each friend inside the box is the same. An ominous “out of order” sign toys with emotions. “Double Hung I” has no explanatory guide. Instead, it skillfully?...
...popping our heads into every club and casino we see. At the Grand Emperor Hotel, its entrance fronted by two gilded carriages, we ride an escalator to the amplified sound of jangling coins broadcast through the sound system. I doubt he's really here, but on a floor of slot machines, I ask hotel staff to page Mr. Kim. The woman behind the desk stares at me blankly. "I'm sorry sir," she says. "I can't turn off the music...
Fame has a peculiar way of reducing an individual to a couple of arbitrary acts. Ira Hayes, the Pima Indian and World War II Marine, was given his slot in the historical record for two things: he helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima and died an alcoholic - both of which were widely chronicled in the media and in a song by Johnny Cash. This past fall, the complete story of Hayes's life was laid bare in Clint Eastwood's epic film Flags of Our Fathers, coming out on DVD. Cast as Hayes was Adam Beach, whose stirring portrayal...