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This was certainly not the only time that D’Asaro had proposed—and actualized—a philanthropic vision...
...vision of an expanded federal role in promoting American culture isn’t entirely unprecedented, especially in challenging times. Although it only hired a few employees, during the Great Depression, the Farm Security Administration received a mandate for a national photography project that did much to lift the spirits of the country. In the early days of both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, officials lobbied hard for an Arts Secretary. Shortly after President Obama’s election, music composer and mogul Quincy Jones briefly pushed for a cabinet-level position so the average American kid might know...
...generous for the lack of a distinct plot; further, the abundance of scenes constructed to convey a universal sense of loss causes the theme to become less affecting in its repetition. Despite this, “Nevermore” does an excellent job of presenting an understanding and sympathetic vision of its antihero...
This is, of course, ostensibly a poem, not a sociological treatise. At several places in the poem, however, Alexander’s narrator allows politics—Sri Lanka’s historical tragedies—to enter and tarnish his otherwise halcyon vision of the Indian Ocean. Thus, while the sailor is “a wanderer in a zone of fluctuating kelvins,” he has “been reported as expired at Jaffna,” the largest city in Sri Lanka’s predominantly Tamil north-east and the epicenter of its civil...
...aggressively helping seed the development of new green-tech industries. An example: 13 of China's biggest cities will have all-electric bus fleets within five years. "China is eventually going to dominate the industry for electric vehicles," Tam says, "in part because the central government has both the vision and the financial wherewithal to make that happen." Tam, a graduate of MIT and the University of California, Berkeley, says he does deals in Beijing rather than Silicon Valley these days "because I believe this is where these new industries will really take shape. China's got the energy...