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...Building upon a recent trend, Harvard’s Chinese language classes have been filling to unprecedented levels this week, straining department administrators as today’s deadline for class enrollment nears...
That delicate mix of comedy and tragedy is something Ayckbourn hit upon almost from the beginning. "When I started in weekly rep, we did a different play every week," he says. "I became aware of a pattern that was evolving - we would do a comedy, then a thriller and then a serious play. With the comedy, all the lights came up to full. And everyone was very, very loud and terribly fast. And in the serious plays, it was positively dark, and everyone was talking very quietly. And I thought, I'd love to write a very, very slow comedy...
...chances that we couldn’t put away. At the end they got a bit of a counter attack, [Puranen] got in behind our defense and slotted it in.”Harvard entered its fourth fixture of the 2008 campaign looking to build upon the momentum of a convincing victory over both NC State and Vermont, respectively. The Crimson quickly demonstrated its desire to take the game to the Rams, albeit a tad bit anxiously—Harvard drew three offsides calls in the first fifteen minutes. “Coach wanted us to start off by trying...
...said he hopes to publish content online every week, but the pace of the project depends upon the recruitment of willing models...
...Obama stirred up controversy when he said that working-class voters were “bitter” because of a lack of economic opportunity. He argued that religious bigotry, nativism, and anti-trade sentiment were an outgrowth of this frustration. Although he phrased his sentiments poorly, Obama touched upon a valid point. When people lose their jobs, the natural reaction for many is to blame someone else. Immigrants, legal and illegal, are an easy scapegoat, especially during economic downturns. Given the endless stream of bad news about the economy as of late, it is likely that embittered bigots will...