Word: unevennesses
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...He’s with me,” the officer says with a chuckle. 8:53 p.m.: Wielding a flashlight, Fumicello creeps into a darkened alley alongside Claverly Hall. A chain-link fence surrounds the construction site of the old Hasty Pudding theatre. Ominous shadows shroud a grimy, uneven pathway. The graffiti that adorns a sullied white wall reads: “rock bottom.” Indeed. 9:21 p.m.: A preppily-dressed student scales Lowell House’s gates and is caught by Fumicello midway. The student diverts eye contact and plays it off coolly...
...says he has now been branded a "black hand" by provincial party officials?the epithet used for labor leaders of the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square. His fall from favor underscores the frictions that accompany China's uneven efforts to modernize. While the country has progressed economically, its authoritarian government has not made the same progress in building open and accessible political and legal institutions. Concerned about a rise in mass protests, Beijing continues to promise change. An annual meeting of the party's Central Committee last week concluded with calls for "social harmony" and a commitment to "ruling...
...smoking room, too, has been recreated as a memorial to him. But months after the official June opening, some exhibits - Shang dynasty daggers and ax heads; a bronze mask, perhaps from the important Sanxingdui find; and Tang ceramics - were still without identification labels. And the collection itself is uneven, though the true masterpieces are carefully set apart from the more mundane offerings. Still, it is tempting to go through the museum wondering what Cernuschi and the curators who followed him could - or should - have bought. Calligraphy from the Han dynasty? Silver and gold ornaments from the Tang dynasty? But neither...
...masters at work is broken only by tropical birdsong and the lilt of a distant gamelan, let us put you straight. Ubud is a hot and raucous place?and you're more likely to run into T-shirt hawkers than artists. Visitors are also often struck by the uneven quality and random subject matter of the work on display. Many of the town's famous sculpture studios seem to prioritize commercial expedience over artistic tradition, and put a chaotic jumble of tat on sale?you'll come across everything from Christmas decorations to carvings of decidedly non-native lions...
...months after the official June opening, some exhibits-Shang dynasty daggers and ax heads; a bronze mask, perhaps from the important Sanxingdui find; and Tang ceramics-were still without identification labels. And the collection itself is uneven, though the true masterpieces are carefully set apart from the more mundane offerings. Still, it is tempting to go through the museum wondering what Cernuschi and the curators who followed him could-or should-have bought. Calligraphy from the Han dynasty? Silver and gold ornaments from the Tang dynasty...