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...planet orbits a star, it occasionally comes between the star??s light and the earth, creating an eclipse-like effect that subtly dims the light from that star...

Author: By Wendy D. Widman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Astronomers Pioneer Planet Discovery | 1/10/2003 | See Source »

...Many stars can masquerade as planets,” he said. When a star interferes with another star??s light emission, the dimming effect is much greater than that of a planet...

Author: By Wendy D. Widman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Astronomers Pioneer Planet Discovery | 1/10/2003 | See Source »

Reminiscent of a silent film star??s melodrama and penchant for exaggeration, Griesbach’s blocking pays homage to Baroque acting techniques. Baroque gesture acting—a technique composed of bold gestures corresponding to the action of the text—is not in common practice these days. It is an art that relies on text rather than the emotions of an actor to provoke a response from the spectator. Gestures of address and decrees of love or war are expressed in a highly stylized way. “It’s difficult to teach...

Author: By Anais A. Borja, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: More Than Words | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

...epic film GoodFellas, Ray Liotta’s character remarks that he and his gangster pals had been treated like “movie stars with muscle” during their heyday. On Monday, June 10, New York City’s real-life “movie star?? mobster died of head and neck cancer at the U.S. Medical Center for Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri. John Gotti, age 61, was the Big Apple’s most identifiable gangster during the late 1980s. After being sentenced to life imprisonment in 1992, the so-called...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New York's Favorite Criminal | 6/28/2002 | See Source »

...number of circumstances helped last year’s senior class land Bono—including the star??s connection to Professor of Economics Jeffrey D. Sachs ’76 and his band’s tour schedule, which placed him in Boston in time for Class...

Author: By Alexander L. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Al Franken Named Class Day Speaker | 4/16/2002 | See Source »

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