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...Bible paints an unflattering portrait of Babylon as a corrupt civilization cursed by ambition, excess and power-hungry kings. In the Book of Genesis, its residents build the Tower of Babel in a vainglorious effort to reach heaven - and God strikes it down, angered by man's overweening pride. By the time of the New Testament, Babylon's image is even more sinister: the Book of Revelation personifies it as a whore seated on a dragon, condemning the city as "the Mother of Harlots and of the Abominations of the Earth...
Last October, Steven R. Snyder ’04-’08 fell 9 stories from a window in Leverett House Tower F, and survived the fall...
...auditory and the physical in intimate experiences. (In simple terms, the characters must detail their experiences with dirty talk during sex.) And as typical Harvard students, they attack the assignment with great vigor. Antonio J. Hernandez ’10, the executive producer of “Ivory Tower,” says, “It’s an interesting idea...It’s aimed to titillate.” However, the creators of “The Hard Core” also plan to incorporate veritable economic and sexual facts, providing the viewer with real social...
...Boston Athenaeum lend the building a “kinetic energy that metaphorically invokes the intellectual and cultural vitality of the institution,” according to Richard Wendorf, the director of the Athenaeum. In Kellner’s photographic reconstructions of famous landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower, the structure disassembles and seems to be dancing, breaking, or floating into air. He creates his works by taking individual photos of the architecture, which resemble tiles composing the whole. Kellner alters our usual perspective by tilting particular photos at angles. In this way, a formerly stable image in the world?...
...best thing Harvardwood can do is build that network at Harvard,” says Harry T. Rimalower ’10, an aspiring director involved with the Harvard-Radcliffe Television soap Ivory Tower. “After all, the undergrads of today are the alumni of tomorrow...