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...precision and remarkable emotional potency. The final image of the dancers covering their faces in quiet devastation was a simple visual statement that proved the communicative power of the cast and choreographer.The final number of the evening was a heart-stopping performance of “Steps in the Street?? from Martha Graham’s classic anti-war piece “Chronicle.” The dancers, dressed in full-length black garments designed by Graham herself in 1936, proceeded on-stage with rigid shuffles that were accented by the absence of music. An eerie, militaristic...
...rather will be motivated to seriously reconsider politics with a little less apathy and resentment. Most Americans don’t get to meet their politicians, and the television set or the internet are, however imperfect, our greatest tools for allowing the denizens of “Main Street?? to learn more about what’s happening in the ivory towers of Washington. While we cannot guarantee that politicians’ appearances on comedy shows will lead to higher ratings or more informed votes, it has certainly created an interesting new avenue for voters to learn more...
...plan for the Northwest Science Building in 2005, the University dealt with resident objections without either side taking it to the courts.When neighbors objected to the building’s obstruction of green space, Harvard turned the building 90 degrees so that the green space would open onto the street??creating what a local resident affectionately dubbed “the emerald earring.”Though Harvard officials note say that the context of the Riverside and Agassiz expansions were different, the difference in the relations with the neighborhoods demonstrates the power that residents can have...
...position and push on with business as usual. The reason for this lies within one of the company’s original concepts: to shift away from industry standard, overseas sweatshop labor. In the late 90s and early oughts—a.k.a. when things were absurdly good on Wall Street??the idea of using expensive labor to make traditionally cheap goods was possible because a large number of people were willing to pay over the “Made in China” price for the sake of a moral gimmick. Now that prices are rising across...
...Wall Street??s woes have spilled over not only onto Main Street but onto many of Harvard’s graduate school campuses...