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...opera, “The Ballad of Mack the Knife” and “Pirate Jenny,” are so well-performed and well-sung that I doubt I’ll ever be able to separate the memory of the former from the wide-eyed stare and thrilling voice of John D. Kapusta ’09 as the Street Singer, nor the latter from the desperation of Demirjian’s Jenny. The rest of the songs are fantastic as well, ranging from short, odd fragments, to grand ballads of sex, tragedy, and comedy...
...Islamic understanding” reflects Harvard students’ awareness of Islam as a global issue and their motivation to resolve conflict. The Alwaleed program may someday offer certificates or even undergraduate degrees. If the program is sucessful, students walking through the Yard might not stare so blankly at the prayer-callers in front of Widener during future Islamic Awareness Weeks...
...paid just $50 each to rough up a witness before trial, who proved so inept that one of them collapsed and died after the witness gained the upper hand and started beating them up; the row of thugs who lined the marble steps of the courthouse so they could stare down witnesses and jurors entering a trial; the hoodlums who sent a sequestered witness text messages from their cell phone; the jurors in a case who, one by one, refused to read a guilty verdict aloud, convinced that they would become targets of retaliation...
...never experienced anything quite like that before." It was perhaps the most eloquent, emotionally unguarded moment from the notoriously buttoned-up Vice President. He seemed stunned, uncertain for once. And the haunted look in his eyes reminded me of what soldiers in Vietnam used to call the Thousand-Yard Stare-the paralytic shock that comes from seeing the impact that even low-caliber weaponry can have on human flesh...
...business. The piece consists of five smaller steel circles, leaning on one larger circle, through which visitors must walk to enter either the gallery or offices. Last week, as the deadline for parking permit renewals approached, long lines curled around the first floor of the annex, allowing visitors to stare distractedly at the steel bubbles for an hour or so. Most said that they hadn’t thought too much about the sculpture, but a few passed the time by contemplating the new art.“It’s nice to see the contrast between the curves...