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...event’s conclusion, Minow posed a series of questions to the panel of five professors, one of which dealt with the common theme of “comparison?? in their speeches. Some legal scholars insist that comparing United States law with foreign law—such as that of the E.U.—is unwarranted, but the general consensus among the participants at the event was that trans-legal comparisons are essential...
Looking at a few examples of approved Intangible Cultural Heritage for comparison??the Songs of the Moon (traditional Swahili music from Zanzibar), bark cloth making in Uganda, the traditional medicine of the Kallawaya in Boliva—a striking difference between France’s proposal and the approved ICHs becomes evident: The approved ICHs are extremely specific, confined to a very particular region, and are easily defined. What constitutes Kallawaya traditional medicine is more evident and much less controversial than the boundaries of French cuisine...
...does Knowles reach such a counterintuitive conclusion? Though a chemist himself, I doubt that our worldly dean is guilty of academic provincialism. Rather, Knowles has conducted a careful statistical comparison??using the wrong set of statistics...
...hour before the usual closing time of 7:15 p.m. were turned away, told that there was no more food to serve, nor trays to serve it on. And those who were “lucky” enough to arrive during normal hours were indeed fortunate in comparison??some intrepid students successfully located a bowl of chicken rice soup and a fork to eat it with. Jami Snyder, a spokesperson for Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS), claims that the rush of 900 students served in Quincy on Sunday night—a number that does not include...
...club, I would do it because so many of my friends are there, you know.”This, my friends and neighbors, is the truest manifestation of irony. This is an irony that is so subtle and rarified that even I—merely a satirist in comparison??didn’t get it at first.You see, the final club lifestyle is one of cerebral irony—individuals playing at roles they find either repulsive or silly. Why do they do it? The reasons are varied. Perhaps to make a supremely ironic point about how excessive...