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Students’ ability to swipe into any House during the night provides them with nearby safehavens in the event that they are threatened when far away from their own House. The recent spate of sexual assaults near and on campus only heightens the need for keycard arrangements that give students more possible safe places to escape potential attackers. But despite these concerns, which students have raised for years, many House Masters have long insisted on imposing nighttime restrictions on keycard access. Council of Masters Chair and Mather Master Sandra Naddaff said that under the new policy, Houses may still...
...Rahman has said his work became "a little repetitive and monotonous" with the spate of commissions that followed Roja. Composing for 50 movie scores and more than 200 songs will sap any man. But each film contains a sprig, often a full bouquet, of musical inspiration. The terminally goofy plastic-surgery movie Vishwavidhaata boasts a ravishing number, Kal Nahin Tha, with the vocalist Sujatha whispering, then warbling her heart out. Taal birthed two instant classics, Ishq Bina and Nahin Samne, both of which Rahman would adopt as signature ballads for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Bombay Dreams...
This hourly celebration of capitalism has struck a certain chord with the American public. Perhaps the collapse of the tech bubble has heightened the mystery and allure of the Gatsby-esque world of the ultra rich. Maybe the recent spate of corporate scandals has made the inner-workings of the boardroom appear more exciting. Regardless of the reasons, the fact remains that “The Apprentice” has been an amazing self-promotional vehicle for the Trump...
...Kidman), a familiar Von Trier heroine-victim, like the ones played by Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves and Bjork in Dancer in the Dark. Grace is the beneficiary of the townspeople's Christian charity, then the victim of their envy, malice, lies and sadism. She stoically endures a spate of abuse nearly as long and relentless as Jesus' in the Mel Gibson gospel. Her resurrection, though, takes a different, darker turn...
...University had already committed money to a spate of smaller initiatives, with more...