Word: written
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Allows percussionists to perform as soloists in pieces written specifically for concert percussion...
...Crimson article, written as part of a larger series tackling the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education school segregation decision, perhaps typifies the racial attitudes of the times. The article, headlined "Only Individual Bias Exists at Harvard," concluded that, "all in all, Harvard's admissions policy for Negroes is an non-discriminatory as the University itself is to Negroes studying here...
...several dozen columns I've written on this page in the last two years, the one which generated the most response was one last fall titled "Ready for the Real World," in which I listed all the things I was sick of at Harvard. The point was that I had been here long enough and was ready to graduate. Although some contacted me in fear that I was seriously depressed, many more said "Right on!" or "You hit the nail on the head." I suppose I tapped into a broad sense of frustration among many students, a general fatigue with...
Only one bill presented this fall even hinted at real politics--the Hate Crimes Condemnation and Prevention Act, written in reaction to the brutal killing of Matthew Shepard. The legislation, which passed almost unanimously, was a harbinger of things to come...
Llosa, a native of Peru, is a recipient of theNational Book Critics Circle Award and theCervantes prize for literature, among othershonors. He has written over 12 novels, includingThe War of the End of the World...