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...Sunday morning in February 2006, Romney personally taped handwritten notes to the doors of senate president Robert Travaglini and house speaker Salvatore DiMasi, begging them not to let this opportunity die. The speaker, for one, wasn't impressed. "A cheap publicity stunt," DiMasi says. Recognizing the limits of his own influence, Romney turned to Kennedy once again. "I asked for his help on certain legislators: 'Could you give a call on this one?'" Romney says. On March�22, 2006, Kennedy did more than that. He went to the floor of both the house and the senate on Beacon Hill...
...takes to be a film composer. He dissected the work of four Harvard-affiliated composers, asking each to justify the choices made in their scores. Elizabeth C. Lim ’08, one of the students whose work was featured, said that the event was impressive, as was the speaker himself. “It was incredible to have the opportunity to hear about industry and have such a huge figure come in to talk...
...you’re doing it through a completely different artistic lens,” said actor Matt S. Blumenthal ’08, a former Crimson staff writer.While speaking in a foreign language can be difficult, it can also be advantageous. “Not being a native speaker can let you get into character easier because the language itself is not yours,” said actor Gabriela B. Tantillo ’09, who plays the Madre.“I think that if a group of students dare to put on a play in Spanish then...
...Maria Gravida,” words such as death, salvation, and immortality, along with phrases such “souls around the cross” and “it was death in life” explore Christian issues. In this poem, Valentine positions the speaker as Mary’s baby, writing, “She tickled me & told me I was beautiful / She held me in the ikon & we gazed.” These peaceful lines allow the reader to comfortably ponder whether or not Valentine is positioning her speaker as Jesus while characterizing Christianity as warm...
...some “natural” or non-social wellspring. MacKinnon stated categorically that sexual desire (on the part of both men and women) is social, socialized, and socially-constructed—and further went on to argue that much of it is deeply influenced by pornography. The speaker made no argument against “free choice.” She did, however, claim that desire—and yes, therefore even free will—is socially-constructed. And, importantly, constructed in ways that undermine sex equality, a goal (she emphasized) that vast majorities of people profess...