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...will he live on? Teenagers are always going to know about these movies. They're part of our youth culture. The themes are timeless. I mean, yes, teens today are doing things that '80s teens didn't - they're on Facebook or texting or whatever - but they're worrying about the same issues of coolness and conformity. The theme song of The Breakfast Club is "Don't You (Forget About Me)," and here we are, 25 years later, and it's clear that no one has forgotten and no one ever will...
...pulls us away from an environment flooded with constant activity. It forces us to cast aside everything else and give undivided attention to a book for a sustained period of time. The contrast between the calm of the printed page and the frenetic pace of contemporary life is greater today than for any previous generation. Technology intensifies the interior world of self-reflection found by reading literature because it is so different than the rest of our lives. Paradoxically, the current technological age heightens the particular power of literature—making books truly indispensable to our generation...
...Apollo 11 moon landing. The first lunar landing was an extraordinarily complex, highly technical feat of human engineering and bravery, and while we remember it proudly, it is more than a little strange to celebrate a feat that we could do 40 years ago but cannot do today...
...addition to translating the dreams of today into tomorrow’s reality, space exploration furthers technological development, creates and maintains jobs in science and technology fields, expands our scientific knowledge, and inspires schoolchildren across the country to study science...
Fresh off her win for Best Classical Vocal Performance at this year’s Grammy awards, Renée Fleming arrives today at Harvard to coach four undergraduates chosen by the Office for the Arts in a master class open to the public. While these students might be understandably nervous singing before America’s premier soprano, they have no reason to be. Fleming is as beloved for her warmth of manner and golden personality as for her voice. After her visit to Harvard, she will perform with the Boston Symphony Orchestra from February 11 to February...