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...STIFF: THE CURIOUS LIVES OF HUMAN CADAVERS by Mary Roach I picked up this book and was rewarded with two cold, dead feet in my face. It wasn’t pleasant. I have to say the juxtaposition of “Lives” and “Cadavers” is clever, though. Why someone would want to read about dead human bodies is mildly unsettling, and the author’s last name, Roach, in bold, bright red letters, doesn’t make the book any more enticing. In fact, the combination of the two only...
...Octavian, mezzo-soprano Marvosh has a solid voice, although not quite the caliber of Woolf’s or Betanski’s—made especially apparent when singing alongside either actor. Marvosh’s voice becomes a bit stiff and her vibrato asymmetrical when attempting to sustain higher pitches. Marvosh’s decisive character choices not only compensate for this minor offense, but also make her the best actor of the show...
...with purer yarns like cashmere to give it a stiffer hand. "I like to mix it up and make things in the opposite way than they were meant for," she explains. "Sometimes I ask [fabric mills] to mix up new combinations for the most normal fabrics?like something more stiff or more fluid or more opaque. I hate generically appealing fabrics...
...stereotype of the stiff-upper-lip Brit, unflappable in the face of crisis, but there's not a hint of condescension or satire. Yes, the young commander of the company, the competent, hard-drinking Stanhope (Hugh Dancy, the Brit heartthrob who's a standout in a cast of mostly Americans), lets slip a few bitterly sarcastic words about the general who has ordered the unnecessary raid. But no antiwar playwright could have written the delicate scene in which Stanhope tries to buck up, without shaming, a cowardly officer who is faking illness to avoid battle: "Supposing the worst happened--supposing...
...Harvard’s total. The distance medley relay team of Galebach, junior Christopher Green, sophomore Nils Wernerfelt, and freshman Charles Gillespie finished fifth in a time of 9:59.21 to add two points and round out the Crimson scoring. Despite the team’s small numbers and stiff competition, team members were disappointed with the results. “I would hope that if we need any extra motivation, scoring eight points at a meet like that ought to give it to us,” Barrett said. “It was pretty embarrassing to not even...