Word: westing
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...production of The Flies, the show’s director envisioned a Western-themed retelling of the original play by Jean-Paul Sartre, so the Harvard production of the show featured a specific aesthetic invoking the American West. Correspondingly, Ding’s poster for the show incorporated this visual motif, and it was this unusual image which captured the attention of the producers of the Facebook movie...
Opener “Monstar” is another of the album’s best tracks. Filled with electronic beats, claps, computerized voices—à la Kanye West sampling Daft Punk—piano, and strings layered together, the song continuously builds up a seemingly weightless sound. This is showcased as the chorus chants, “I’m back / Celebrate life,” which seems to be exactly what this song is trying...
...century earlier. In 1925, Tennessee's Butler Act (which was repealed in 1967) made it illegal to teach "any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible." The Scopes "monkey trial" famously followed. In 1974, a clash erupted in Kanawha County, West Virginia, over the controversial writings of such authors as George Orwell, Arthur Miller and Allen Ginsberg. Opposition was so heated that some schools were firebombed with dynamite and Molotov cocktails...
...WEST HARTFORD, Conn.—Last season, a doubleheader in which the Harvard baseball team managed to score only three runs would likely have put the Crimson on the wrong end of a sweep. If Harvard’s bats weren’t clicking, the team’s inexperienced and inconsistent pitching staff could not be counted on to pick up the slack...
Both crews used the Crew Classic as an opportunity to prepare for league competition, and the Black and White is hoping that the trip out west will pay off for the relatively young crews...