Word: yesteryears
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...meets girl, boy loses...oh, boring. whatever postmodernism means, yesteryear's romantic conventions are not included in the definition. Actually, of course, they still make old-fashioned romances for a gushing public--love ya, Julia and Meg. But for those who want something kickier--even kinkier--and don't mind the occasional subtitle, here are three films that cater to slightly more perverse or, anyway, more darkly romantic tastes...
...good, of course, at training students to transform the universe of science and scholarship. But in the course of four years, we learn very little that prepares us to take on the real world, the nasty world that doesn’t care about theorems or the snows of yesteryear. Why, then, are Harvard students so often told that they must be the leaders of tomorrow, that they must gather briefly on the banks of the Charles and then depart to serve better their country and their kind...
...difficult. Many recognize that the debate has changed greatly from the way it was framed in the 1970s and 1980s, when women were often encouraged to engage in a “Mommy track” approach to their careers. This approach to professional life told Radcliffe graduates of yesteryear that, in order to succeed in business, they needed to act like men. To succeed women were encouraged to push back the start of their domestic, family lives until they had reached the pinnacle of professional achievement in their careers...
...architect who designed B-018. Having spent his teenage years dodging bullets on the Green Line, he constructed the club in the form of an underground shelter. The bizarre interior--a slit in a wall recalls a sniper's nest, and tables are set with memorial photos of yesteryear's entertainers--echoes war and death. "Some people want a postcard version of our history, with no reference to the war," he says. "I don't agree. Amnesia can be dangerous...
...Japanese or Finnish competitors - but by no means inferior. Which is pretty clear if you've tried to order an I300, the Palm-powered PDA that's really a phone (sorry, sold out), or if you feel embarrassed to answer your Motorola StarTAC in public because it's so ? yesteryear...