Word: train
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...outsized figure in almost every possible way, beginning with his height, which is usually listed at 6 ft. 9 in. He was married five times, and divorced four. But it's his polymathic professional achievements that make him an almost implausibly imposing figure. Crichton trained as a doctor at Harvard Medical School. He directed Yul Brinner in Westworld and Sean Connery in The Great Train Robbery. He created ER, one of the most successful TV dramas of all time, and co-wrote the screenplay for the 90s tornado-chasing thriller Twister. (See the 100 best albums, movies, TV shows...
...spooky, swaying sound from the strings, punctuated by elegant solos from the harpist (Krysten A. Keches ’10) and principal first violinist (Aaron T. Kuan ’09). The piece ended with a heavy march that was brimming with energy; Yannatos led the orchestra like a train over hills and through valleys. Like in “Flying Machine,” the orchestra was propelled by momentum, its different parts combining and growing into one. After such a dramatic buildup, the piece’s end was unfortunately a little insecure, but it hardly detracted from...
...February, political observers doing the math saw where the Democratic primary was going--but it would take three months to get there. So the media revved their engines like a car in neutral: SexismRacismWrightBillaryBitterBowlingBosnia! While Hillary Clinton and Obama won their expected states with the precision of a German train schedule, the 24-minute news cycle played each victory as: Comeback! Counter-comeback! Counter-counter-comeback...
...must be doing something right. His crusade for campaign-finance reforms was opposed by interest groups ranging from naral on the left to the nra on the right. His "Gang of 14" compromise on judicial nominations derailed true-believer hopes on both sides for a spectacular train wreck. His stubborn advocacy for a troop surge in Iraq annoyed the antiwar left and the Bush supporters of the right. McCain understands that the decisive slice of the American public is highly skeptical of both political poles. At his most authentic, he harnesses public opinion to neutralize the extremes...
...crises. “Climate change and energy security—these are two of the greatest issues confronting the world,” said Daniel P. Schrag, professor of earth and planetary sciences and the program’s mastermind. “Harvard has a responsibility to train future leaders that are going to help solve this problem.” The consortium—the first of an array to come under the new Harvard Interdisciplinary Consortia—is open to Ph.D. or Sc.D. Harvard students who have completed at least one year in their home...