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...until this not-entirely convincing last act, Abel's focus on relationships and Carla's changing sense of self makes La Perdida one of the strongest and most challenging works of character study in the medium. Why challenging? Because Abel makes a gutsy move of creating characters that you can't automatically like, and to whom you never warm up in the course of the story. Even Carla, the most sympathetic of the cast, seems na?ve at best and stupidly unaware at worst. She keeps company with a spoiled snob, an arrogant blowhard and a fantasy-filled...
...didn’t take long for Harvard’s three seniors to establish that Saturday night belonged to them. Following an emotional pre-game ceremony that honored the contributions of the graduating players, the Crimson came out with its strongest start in over a month, keyed by the efforts of captain Matt Stehle, swingman Mike Beal and forward Zach Martin in the trio’s last game in crimson and white. Stehle kicked off Harvard’s scoring against Columbia with a jump shot on a feed from Martin, who started at small forward...
Unfortunately, the strongest evidence for the coastal theory lies offshore, where ancient settlements would have been submerged by rising seas over the past 10,000 years or so. "Artifacts have been found on the continental shelves," says Dixon, "so I'm quite confident there's material out there." But you need submersible craft to search, and, he says, that type of research is a very hard sell to the people who own and operate that kind of equipment. "The maritime community is interested in shipwrecks and treasures. A little bit of charcoal and some rocks on the ocean floor...
...divestment from Israel was “among the three or four original reasons” that emboldened the president’s critics on the Faculty. But, he said, “I do not believe that that was anti-Semitic, and indeed, a lot of the strongest opponents of Summers are Jews...
...University is strongest when we pool the contributions of all fields of study and all members of the community. Whoever comes to assume the presidency at Harvard will need to understand the value of building consensus across the broad constituency that they lead and have the power to influence. Building that consensus should begin with the Harvard Corporation embracing an inclusive and transparent search process that involves faculty and undergraduate and graduate students from across the University...