Word: soapbox
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Noam Weinstein '99 opened the night with a diverse collage of six original songs. An unremarkable-looking college kid on his soapbox in a T-shirt and sneakers--no rage, no angst, no gimmick--Weinstein had nothing to sell him but a voice and a talent. But once he started, he transported the audience in the packed cafe to another musical plateau where his expansive skill and solid music flooded...
Among the leaders who have taken advantage of the Kennedy School soapbox is U.S. Senator Daniel P. Moynihan...
...Crimson is a soapbox for all University affiliates--real and, on one occasion, imaginary...
...coalition's leaders said Rudenstine'spersonal involvement was key--the Harvard namemaking his personal soapbox a bully pulpit forinfluencing lawmakers...
...political commentary. The heading of the book's second section, "Trouble on Spaceship Earth," sounds like the title of a Discovery Channel special, and the subject matter is suspiciously similar. When Holub dispenses unqualified environmental advice and chastises trendy scientific theorists, his otherwise sparkling essays acquire the atmosphere of soapbox sermons. The otherwise pedestrian chapter is punctuated by a few gems, such as "What the Nose Knows," a Proustian reverie on the atavistic power of scent, and the powerful "Shedding Life," which might have been titled "Killing a Muskrat" in homage to Orwell. The final section, "No," manages to redeem...