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...attention to detail is fantastic: 14th century art can be seen by the reception desk; an outstanding collection of Chinese objets d'art imparts a sense of place to interiors that once looked almost entirely European; and the lustrous lobby dance floor has been restored. True to the Raffles spirit, each of the 171 rooms and suites coddles you in old-fashioned comfort. A butler swiftly delivers pillows of your choice on discovering that you had a sleepless night, and housekeepers deposit cards filled with engaging tales of the hotel's history on your bed. Superb contemporary French cuisine...
Each of these images--from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Mission, The Untouchables, Cinema Paradiso and Malčna--has its own meaning and feeling. But if, during these movies, you feel an elevation of spirit or tension, it's because you've fallen under the spell of Ennio Morricone's music...
Professors greeted President-elect Drew Gilpin Faust in University Hall with scattered applause and later a standing ovation during yesterday’s Faculty Council meeting. The good spirit carried over into the rest of the session as the final General Education report earned high marks from a formerly critical faculty. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...controversial at first. Asked at a Harvard Medical School meeting why old ways of doing things had to change he answered that, “There is, sir, a new president.” Initial controversy subsided, and Eliot’s reign was marked by progress. In the spirit of change and optimism, the school adopted an innovative elective system. The “new president” was progressive for his time, and worked to create more racial diversity in the student body. Eliot was equally passionate in his hatred for football, which he saw as war practice...
...wisdom, portrayed by Aristotle, the Christ figure as presented in the New Testament or as interpreted by Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, Luther, Milton, Pascal, Kierkegaard, and Dostoyevsy (to name but a few), the committed friend valorized by Montaigne, the citizen of the Kingdom of Ends described by Kant, the free spirit praised by Nietzsche, and so on. A similarly lengthy list could be compiled of those figures—from Lucifer to Macbeth, from Ivan Karamazov to Citizen Kane—who have suffered the consequences of living what was considered by their most eloquent interpreters to be the opposite...