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While the Palfreys admit that as professors of medicine they are somewhat unfamiliar to Harvard's undergraduate scene, Judith Palfrey says they look forward to furthering some of the Kiely legacy...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: New Study Shows Students Increasingly Form Diverse Blocking Groups | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

This year's difficulty in getting speakers to accept an invitation is casting a spotlight on how the Class Day speaker selection process relegates Harvard to the unfamiliar position of underdog...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Speaker Selection Process Sometimes Puts Harvard at Disadvantage | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

...Borges once wrote a story about an empire so obsessed with maps that its cartographers constructed a map as large as the empire itself. Indeed, one by one, Spanish-language stars are being mapped, represented in another form. This new map will no doubt prove useful for Anglo listeners unfamiliar with the territory. But true music lovers would be well advised to check out CDs like Anthony's Contra la Corriente or Elvis Crespo's Pintame or Shakira's Donde Estan los Ladrones? in addition to any Latin-tinged pop CDs they might buy. There is real ground beneath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin Music Pops | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...early Mozart, the heaviness of Wagner. More than with a play or musical, all the elements of a well-done--opera music, costumes, lights, scenery--should resonate with a single effect. The aesthetic of King Kong is one of decontextualization and deconstruction, of presenting the familiar as unfamiliar...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mixing a Tape of B-Side and an Ape of Wagner, Hip-Hop Rocks the Opera | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

...early Mozart, the heaviness of Wagner. More than with a play or musical, all the elements of a well-done--opera music, costumes, lights, scenery--should resonate with a single effect. The aesthetic of King Kong is one of decontextualization and deconstruction, of presenting the familiar as unfamiliar...

Author: By David Kornhaber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taping Hip-Hop, Aping Wagner | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

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