Word: umbrellaism
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...Singerman added an additional comedic storyline. Vincent, the clear standout of the entire performance, played the role of a demanding woman flawlessly. From training her companion on the proper way to kiss her hand to nearly knocking the wind out of her counterpart with her umbrella, her interactions with Singerman inspired laugh after laugh in the audience. Vincent’s beautiful singing voice was matched by such expressive gestures that even without reading the translation of her words, their meaning was clear.Singerman appeared to be a completely different actor in a comedic setting, with expressions that played off Vincent?...
...ambassador from the blue-collar world,” Fitzsimmons said that one of the more effective recruiting techniques is to have future applicants meet Harvard students from similar backgrounds. Fitzsimmons spoke at an event moderated by members of Concilio Latino—an umbrella group for students of Latino descent. Nationally, the Hispanic population is growing more quickly than the Caucasian population, and Fitzsimmons said future classes at Harvard should reflect these changing demographics. “If Harvard is going to continue to claim that it’s educating future leaders, it needs to actively recruit Latinos...
...Mather House Committee (HoCo), said that the cost of house apparel also affects low income students. “I spend lots of money every year on the Mather T-shirt and sweatshirt,” Banta said. “Since the house is supposed to be the umbrella community, I think it’s damaging when students don’t feel like they’re a part of it for financial reasons.” The UC members also criticized the cost of printing and copying, for which many peer institutions do not charge...
Shapiro said that she does not know the identity of the man driving the car but that he immediately got out of the car to help and “held an umbrella over me for a while...
...study demonstrating prevalent perceptual biases, Banaji, who is also the Pforzheimer professor at the Radcliffe Institute, had the audience count the number of passes in a clip showing basketball players. The audience was so focused on the players that most did not see a woman with an umbrella walk through the game. “Social biases are not that different from perceptual biases,” Banaji said. She said that people demonstrate similar blindness in their judgments of other people, ignoring the information that does not fit into their existing “theory...