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...current paparazzi cult of celebrity is reflected in the vast array of portraits from actors and popular figures. Jenny Lind and Lola Montez, respectively a singer and a dancer, may have had their careers bolstered—or indeed wholly founded—on the strength of the gorgeous daguerreotypes of them and the lithographs copied from these, but they are overwhelmed by the star of this show. Edwin Forrest, an actor from the 1850s, was renowned for his portrayals of theater’s great heroic figures, and his huge twelve-inch-by-ten-inch daguerreotype reflects in faithful...
...billion in charity money is chump change compared with the cash that will flow out of government coffers. There is no limit to the federal fund, but the tab is likely to be triple the size of the charity pot. And while charity funds are doled out to a vast pool of people, including businesses hurt by the attacks, the government money will go exclusively to the injured and to families of the deceased...
That said, the staff has rightly endorsed in the past a vast increase of departmental classes to count for Core credit. In the Handbook for Students, the University maintains that the “goal of the Core is to broaden each student’s perspective.” Only by broadening the offerings by including departmental classes will the University truly broaden the perspective of students of the College...
...daunting and unrewarding one for the unelected bureaucrats who control the European Central Bank under Gov. Wim Duisenberg. Indeed, he has already been styled “Dim Wim” by the British tabloids for his frequent lapses in judgement. The inevitable consequences of partial economic integration for vast swathes of Europe seem to be either spiralling inflation or ballooning unemployment...
...proper use of Harvard’s intellectual prowess and vast financial resources would be to concentrate on developing curricula, strategies and oversight techniques to use in training low-skilled and illiterate workers. The first people to use these curricula-in-development would be the participants in Harvard’s Bridge to Learning Program. After that, Harvard could make them available for municipalities, other universities and even private businesses to use to train their own low-skilled employees...