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...When the thermometer doesn’t hit 30 for weeks, even the strongest-willed environmentalist says “bring it on” to global warming. But you may think twice when you realize that your favorite place to spend time outdoors—be it a snow covered mountain or a sunny beach—could be meaningfully altered by the time your children want to enjoy it, and your decisions may be contributing to its demise...
...AGONY AND THE ECSTASYBesides studying music, Adams also conducted the Bach Society Orchestra and would often serve as a substitute clarinetist for the Boston Symphony. He remembers the weight of his responsibilities coming down on him one night during rehearsals, saying he alleviated his anxiety by sitting in a snow bank outside Payne Hall until his pants became wet. “The stress and anxiety that students feel are actually inoculating them for later in life,” Adams says, recalling his hectic college days. As an undergraduate, Adams was far from immune to bad reviews, with...
...family and young bride” (1923) is another captivating photograph. Four members of a Mongol family appear dressed in their finest pose outdoors, the young bride rearmost in a 2-by-2 formation. While the other faces are rendered in a murky orange-brown, hers is painted with snow-white makeup and cherry-red lipstick. Together with a shimmering light blue jacket, her brilliant image springs forth from behind her mother and sibling.Tucked in the small alcove of the gallery are perhaps the two most enthralling photographs in the entire exhibition. Here, “Rural Tibetan kitchen?...
Chabon's prose is so awesome, it's a crime not to quote it. "Look at Landsman," he writes, "one shirttail hanging out, snow-dusted porkpie knocked to the left, coat hooked to a thumb over his shoulder. Hanging on to a sky-blue cafeteria ticket as if it's the strap keeping him on his feet." There's hardly a mot here that's not juste. Likewise, a cartoon dog evokes "the obscure unease that Pluto has always inspired, a dog owned by a mouse, daily confronted with the mutational horror of Goofy...
...singles spot.Fast-forward four months. Still at the top singles spot, No. 64 Ko demolished Dartmouth’s Megan Zebroski 6-1, 6-2 and teamed up with Gottlieb for an 8-2 win at third doubles.But the difference came elsewhere. Litvak swept through Kerry Snow 6-2, 6-4, while Forgie defeated Jesse Adler 7-6(4), 6-4 for her second consecutive win in the fourth singles’ slot. The two fell to Dartmouth’s top doubles team 8-4.Brook and Curto had rougher times in singles, losing...