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...first varsity’s smooth victory was due in part to a newly found stability within the first boat lineup, with a rower returning from a recent injury. The ease of Harvard’s victory suggests that the Crimson has found a stride that will allow it to move ahead in future races...
...backpack. We then walked along the lake and she picked up a few more rocks. All the while, I couldn’t take my eyes off of Katie as she examined each rock with the delicacy of an angel. “Look at these. Look at how smooth they are here.”She took my hand and guided it along the smooth underbelly of the rock. While my hand touched the rock, I did not even sense the smoothness of the rock. I only felt the warmth of Katie’s skin gently brushing against...
...would reduce the company's heavy reliance on British Telecom, its biggest customer. The markets gave the purchase a thumbs-up. Tech Mahindra shares were up 12% at the end of trading Monday, while Satyam shares were up 3%. Also applauding the deal were India's business groups. "The smooth completion of the bidding process for Satyam demonstrates that India has an adequate legal and institutional mechanism for handling and resolving a major corporate crisis," says Harsh Pati Singhanisa, president of New-Delhi-based Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. "With this, Satyam will move for stabilization...
...that chapel was constructed says something about Zumthor's particular intensity. It was built by the farmer who commissioned it, working with neighbors. First they erected a vertical formwork of spruce branches and trunks. Concrete was then poured in layers, one per day for 24 days to produce a smooth exterior but a ribbed surface inside. Then the wood formwork was set afire, which scorched and roughened the interior concrete. The result is a building that's also a metaphor for the fierce yearnings of the soul...
...turning point in the history of painting, with the shift from wood panels to stretched canvases as the substrate for the painted work. The contrasting pair that opens the exhibition juxtaposes a Titian canvas with an earlier Bellini panel of a similar scene, a virgin surrounded by saints. The smooth surface of the polished wood panel and the carefully hidden brushstrokes give the Bellini its placidly silken, liquid surface, and even its painted and columned frame recalls the Italian High Renaissance; but the rougher surface of the canvas seems to free Titian to make visible his brushwork and lend...