Word: suburbanity
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...hideous—but they were not Harvard either. Rather than being different for difference’s sake, as are the Holyoke and Science Centers, it appears the new Allston will be new for new’s sake—modern and nondescript, saying “suburban industrial park” moreso than “the Harvard of the future.” Harvard is trying to weave a narrative for its shining new campus: it wants to tell the world that the inegalitarian and stuffy old New England college of the past is being overtaken...
...year and a half later, Hannah sits with her tutor at a small computer desk in her suburban home outside New York City. Facilitated communication is controversial (critics complain that it's often the facilitator who is really communicating), but it has clearly turned Hannah's life around. Since her breakthrough, she no longer spends much of her day watching Sesame Street and Blue's Clues. Instead, she is working her way through high school biology, algebra and ancient history. "It became obvious fairly quickly that she already knew a lot besides how to read," says her tutor, Tonette Jacob...
...David Jacobson 3.5 starsNot much more you could ask of someone than to take responsibility for their actions,” says the cowboy, with characteristic Old West chivalry. “That, and not breaking the law with a minor,” retorts the angry, modern-day suburban father whose rebellious daughter is the minor in question.In “Down in the Valley,” writer and director David Jacobson’s new moody, independent film, ironic juxtapositions of viewpoints anchor the plot in people-driven drama, which is at times laughable, disturbing, and thought...
...Your face is pure sex when you smile,” The Modern Lovers once sang in a song called “Dance With Me.” “It’s written in huge suburban letters / Which say ‘tenderness,’ which...
...years ago, a new magazine that says “H Bomb” in huge, suburban letters was door-dropped at Harvard. Katharina Cieplak-von Baldegg ’06 co-founded the magazine, which proceded to create a national stir and media blitz...