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...Mastering it requires surfing a learning curve that is steep and, so far, infinite. With the previous generation of hardware, for example, characters' faces were too flat to sustain real closeups, and there just wasn't enough horsepower to support a lot of Stoppardian banter. "We simply couldn't stream in much dialogue, 'cause it was so hard to stream the world in on PlayStation 2," Houser explains, "whereas now we can have the characters constantly talking to you. The emotions on PS2 had to be quite black and white. Now we can get a little bit more gray...
...levels and structures, in order to make sure that they are as efficient and productive as possible,” Frenk wrote. Approximately 35 percent of the University’s operating budget is dependent on income from the endowment, though certain schools rely more heavily on this income stream than others. The School of Public Health relies on the endowment for only 13 percent of its spending needs, but the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, at the other end of the spectrum, receives 83 percent of its budget from the endowment. The Divinity School—which receives...
...Everything we do at Harvard has a title, a leader, an e-mail list, and, what’s worse, a sense of obligation. College life is defined by a stream of organizations: Not only our academic and extracurricular activities, but also our times to socialize, have become prearranged and grouped...
...romantic themes. “The Heartbreak Rides,” easily the best track on “Get Guilty,” could have been taken straight off of “Challengers.” The intricate melody is divine and the lyrics contain the stream of consciousness imagery that anyone familiar with Newman’s oeuvre will expect – “Pushing at the modern sunset to your window / Gestured with the plain-Jane hand, she said, ‘Let’s go.’” It?...
...Anti-apartheid activists in South Africa and abroad took Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s music as an unofficial anthem. In 1994, the group performed at the inauguration of Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa. Shabalala and company have hardly slowed down since, producing a steady stream of recordings and maintaining an energetic touring schedule. “Every time when we perform, we feel that people never get enough of us,” Mazibuko says. “So now we decided to make a DVD with the live performance, so that they...