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...pomposity when referring to the U.N. as "a useful instrument of American foreign policy." Bolton must be blind and deaf if he thinks that anti-Americanism isn't sweeping the world. If he wants to see real change in the way America is viewed and practical solutions to global tension, he should try civilized diplomacy. And he should never rule out the fact that there are diplomatic solutions to international problems. Praavita Kashyap, New Delhi...
...tension between the everyday and the literary life is a shopworn theme of modern literature; writers love to draw on their own professional struggles as they disgorge novels about being or trying to become writers. But in an age when so many cultural products compete for the public attention, to bring forth yet another work of this kind - to spend a book pondering, as Nan does, the question, "Do you have to live a literary life to produce literary work?" - is risky indeed. Ha Jin's demotic prose is as smooth as Windexed glass, but A Free Life lacks...
...It’s pretty difficult being around here with the Red Sox winning and the Patriots doing so well,” said Sandeep Rao ’09, a fan of the New York Knicks, Yankees, and Rangers. “You can feel the tension a lot more this year.” Local business say they have benefitted slightly from the local teams’ successes. “It’s hard to say, but if the team is doing well and if it is a big important game for them, we will...
...electronic voice bleating “ro...bot” clutters up against a stuttering, indecipherable set of syllables. It accelerates; the mess of noise coalesces and the previously unintelligible word turns out to be “human.” The human-robot combine escalates in tension until Daft Punk finally offers release, serving ”Robot Rock” straight up. “Television Rules the Nation / Crescendolls” is the highlight of the album, hitting its hardest when fans expecting the song “Crescendolls” instead get it mixed together...
...says. “If there were a formal concentration or department, personally, I think it would create a weird dynamic.”Kaufman goes on to explain that there would be a hierarchy of those studying drama versus those choosing to study other fields, creating tension when allocating resources, such as performance space for productions. If the lack of a department or concentration in drama has fostered Harvard’s unique character, then the answer to how to improve the dramatic arts at Harvard may lie in a more conservative approach, using the already existing institutions, fostering...