Word: throwback
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...outside, the experience within ICA will also change, to an extent surpassed only by the recently reopened L’Orangerie in Paris, where Monet’s water lilies are in a constant state of flux due to changes in the natural light. This environmental variable suggests a throwback to the pre-modern era, but is a welcome incongruity in an otherwise fully 21st century building: a reminder that a new museum is not only a chance to see new art, but also a chance to reevaluate the way in which we experience art.Just as the galleries become closely...
...issue to stage a protest would be more effective if they focused their efforts on the intellectual merit of their arguments. Though inducing others to join a cause through rallies and protests may seem the revolutionary, “cool” thing to do—a throwback to the ’60s—to Harvard students and administrators it seems patronizing. Lectures, debates, discussions, informational flyers, and even tabling in a dining hall do far more to legitimate a group and inform others...
...League. I still don’t know, the kid just celebrated, it was a great play.”But Harvard could not help its own cause.Princeton began the drive after the questionable play call from Murphy, who decided to run a trick play, a reverse throwback to Sanders, which was picked off by Tiger linebacker Luke Steckel. The Crimson also had two chances to win it after the Circle score, but junior quarterback Liam O’Hagan threw two interceptions on the final two drives to seal the deal.Yet O’Hagan did give Harvard...
...eager to make the next green breakthrough, spending billions to develop everything from a new form of ethanol production that can utilize the waste parts of plants to a fuel-efficient minijet. But the design that might have the best chance of making an immediate difference is a throwback: Honda's clean diesel car engine. Diesel is the choice of fuel-guzzling 18-wheelers, but it burns as much as 30% more efficiently than gasoline. It's also dirtier. But last month Honda unveiled an engine that uses a new catalytic converter to block pollutants like soot and nitrogen oxide...
...throwback to the 1980s, when it was common practice to charge different prices for cash and credit, some gas stations are knocking a few cents off each gallon for customers willing to pay with paper, not plastic. That's because as the price of gas has soared, so has the amount of money that stations pay credit-card companies, which take about 2-3% of each sale charged. Since drivers are quick to defect to another station to save just a penny or two, owners are slow to raise prices to cover their increased costs--and at times even lose...