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...dimensional view of these costumes and the figure,” Chilton says.“A Taste of Power” demonstrates that porcelain figurines are not just the “little tchotchkes on your grandparent’s table,” but rather symbols of status and wealth whose diminutive size belies their large historical importance. However, the “Tables of Content” was more than just a history lesson; the symposium also focused on the relevance of the porcelains in modern culture. “I really think there is a connection...
...until a few years ago, jazz had little place on the college campus. It was music fit for night-clubs, sleazy joints and bad hotels.” This description could very well apply to the status of jazz at Harvard today: though most students are aware of its existence, few devote substantial time or serious attention to either its study or its performance. But the quote is not a description of the current jazz scene: it comes from a 1974 article by Jim Cramer ’77 in these pages, reviewing a Harvard Jazz Band concert with trombonists...
...Dougie” refers to the popular 80s rapper and beatboxer, Doug E. Fresh (clever word play seems to be one of Lil’ Wil’s talents, along with the ability to create monosyllabic rhymes). But where Doug E. Fresh has gained hip-hop status, it seems likely Lil’ Wil may not. In “My Dougie,” Lil’ Wil has successfully accomplished the task of combining all the worst stereotypical aspects of rap videos into one. But it doesn’t stop there—he even pays...
...American way of approaching food. Healthy eating doesn’t mean doom and gloom cuisine, just as cooking doesn’t mean rushed nights, splattered shirts, and burnt vegetables. We need to turn cooking and eating back into social events and away from their abstracted, spectator sport status. Maybe canteens in the meat- and potato-addicted states will take a while to catch on, but that should only further motivate this effort. When statistics consistently show that lifestyle and diet changes are more effective than any medicine, a patient should be happy with a prescription...
...Without such measures, Albanel warned, France's art will continue to be snapped up by buyers abroad, while deep-pocketed French collectors will keep preferring to purchase the classic, often foreign-origin works they consider more valuable in terms of status and potential profit. "For every work that is imported, two works are exported," Albanel lamented...