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...percent below national standards for the rest of the Allston project. “This is the leadership that Harvard needs to take forward,” Sharett said. “I think the world has been waiting for North America to put the huge amount of intellectual strength and vigor behind developing some of these things...
...Form always came from function,” Hoy said. She recounted that whenever she would attempt a new shape, her teacher would come over and mold it into a traditional one.“I think that part of it was that there’s a strength in these shapes that can stand up to a fire, stand up to a smoldering bed of embers,” Hoy said. Hoy found a similar strength in her teachers, most of whom had been either abandoned by their husbands for other women or widowed due to HIV. According...
...includes, among other things, the use of relative clauses—in Pirahã. The critics also draw parallels to other cultures in realms where Everett argues the Pirahã are unique, such as in the absence of color terms, and the absence of a numbers and quantification. The strength of these repudiations lies in the fact that they primarily rely on Everett’s own previously published work on Pirahã language and grammar to dispute his claims.Nevins and company also draw attention to other, equally serious concerns about the characterization of the Pirahã people...
...American Grace,” which featured the work of choreographers from George Balanchine to Bob Fosse to Fred Astaire. Like “American Grace,” “Pointes of Departure” demonstrates and relies on the diversity and strength of Harvard’s dancers, choreographers, and composers. As Koch says, “Suddenly you get to tech week and it seems awful, but by the end of the week it’s really great. One of the advantages of working with talented people is that it comes together...
...After a week in which they were berated for their incompetence, the automakers reacted to the proposal with cautious optimism. "We appreciate the Congress's recognition of the auto industry's vital contribution to the nation's economic strength and national security. We intend to deliver a plan to Congress that shows them a viable General Motors," said GM spokesman Greg Martin. "We agree completely that there must be accountability to U.S. taxpayers for government support that enables automakers to continue their restructuring and to ensure a stronger, more competitive auto industry." For its part, Ford, which is the strongest...