Word: unknowns
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...part what is so terrifying about the Chinese or the blacks is that we have unconsciously made them symbols for the unknown, unexpected aspects of our inner life. And if we could grow to accept the unknown within ourselves we wouldn't have to plaster every ceiling, every place, every person, until it is a level level level world...
Although ingenious theories have been advanced to explain this paradoxical effect of methylphenidate, the mechanism of its action is unknown. The drug has few side effects, the two most notable being a slight loss of appetite and a tendency to insomnia if the last dose is taken too late at night...
Bruce also spoke of a new record he had just finished cutting called "Thing We Like." All the selections on it are compositions of his written over the last five years. Bruce plays string bass. The other players are relatively unknown. "The whole album is serialized improvisation. I've written all the tops and bottoms and provided serialized rhythms and pitches for the others to improvise upon." Influences of Schoenberg? "No, probably more Webern than anyone else, especially since many of the cuts are so short. One is fifty seconds long. Webern, man, he was too much! Years ahead...
...directors of the Harvard Co-operative Society are scared. For the first time in the 86-year history of the Coop an alternative slate of members is opposing the ten stockholders' nominations for this year's board of directors. Management's fear is largely a fear of the unknown--understandable, but in many ways, unnecessary. Any revolution within the Coop board will be small and peaceful...
...Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts comes on like a private place. Its ways are mysterious to the uninitiated and its works are largely unknown to the Harvard community. Last Thursday night, almost tenderly and with little fanfare, the VAC offered its films of the last year to the public...