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...Edwards said. “For them, this was a way of creating a prototype.” Maramaldi said “the database was created so that it could be adapted,” adding that Harvard’s ultimate goal is to make an even wider range of funding opportunities available on the site. She added that the website’s search function is similar to that of online vendor Amazon.com. When users perform a search, Amazon not only spits out a list of results but offers suggestions based on previous buyers’ preferences...
...Dvorak: Four Piano Trios The Lanier Trio (Gasparo). The Dvorak piano trios are four of the glories of the chamber-music literature; the sorrow and the pity is that they are not known to a wider audience. The Lanier Trio -- William Preucil, violin; Dorothy Lewis, cello; and Cary Lewis, piano -- lavish impeccable ensemble and golden tone on each piece...
...large dragon, but we live now in a jungle filled with a bewildering variety of poisonous snakes.'' For years the conflicts in the Middle East and South Africa have amounted to terrible local dragons in their own right, with histories of deep hatred and the potential to erupt into wider violence -- even, in the case of the Middle East, into nuclear war. These struggles were not ideological, like the standoff of the superpowers. South Africa and the Middle East worked at a nastier level, closer to bone and gene and skin. They had, over the years, arrived at stalemate...
...come as a surprise. There is no such thing as a British writing style that differs systemically from American counterparts, he argues. Oddly, though, he finds no contradiction in referring to “gay literature” and discussing its tone and preoccupations in contrast to the wider world of straight lit.From a purely mercenary perspective, Hollinghurst’s self-labeling as a “Gay Writer” makes good business sense–when his work is criticized, supporters of gay writing as an institution tend to rally to his aid. When Section...
...this changed, however, in The Mountain Goats’ two latest albums, “We Shall All Be Healed” and “The Sunset Tree.” Studio-recorded (the latter in coordination with musician John Vanderslice) with a more refined sound and wider instrumentation, these albums have been received with reservations by fans accustomed to the raw truthfulness of previous work. In addition, both albums abandon the traditional song-series and their fictional narratives, telling instead an autobiographical account of Darnielle’s childhood. Writing closer to home, Darnielle drops the overbearing hysterics...