Word: reflections
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quality of the Driskell-Burton ticket is unparalleled," Johnson said. "They have the experience, know-how, diligence and vision to revamp the Undergraduate Council to make it reflect the voices and interests of Harvard's entire student body. There are no empty promises in their platforms; they have the tools it takes to implement change...
...that the seniors, and newly elected members, can properly reflect on these questions, consider what we currently know about chicken behavior, emotion and thought. Chickens live in large social groups and form complex dominance hierarchies whereby high-ranking animals out-compete low-ranking animals for access to valued resources. Chickens have a complex vocal repertoire consisting of approximately 25-30 different vocalizations. Within this repertoire, they have one call for aerial predators and one for ground predators. They also have food calls, and scientists have discovered that these vocalizations function like our words--they refer to objects and events...
...scenes shift as Helen's life proceeds; the intensity of chaotic readings of two poems at once in between scenes marking time and the growing intensity of Helen's eventual departure into insanity. The maternity scene is almost too experimental and strange; while the doctors are supposed to reflect robots, again, emotion creeps into the scene and destroys the rhythm between the dialogue and actors machine-like movements. Similarly, Helen's descent into the underworld, replete with an affair, does not reflect a change of emotional intensity but continues the linear progression of a dissatisfied woman. No new miseries...
...play. Helen eventually kills her husband, as the audience anticipates, and the court scene that ensues is fabulously orchestrated. Gunn demonstrates considerable talent in controlling his body. As robot-husband, he is eerily mechanical and almost reminiscent of an Edward Scissorhands figure. Parris and Agresta, both lawyers, reflect the insensitivity and detachment that the law has for human emotion. The bright lighting illustrates a sense of barrenness, and the media, Montoya and Gomes, again engage in their convincing double dialogue and contribute to the scene's mechanical intention...
...night is dark and a bit damp, but still warm, as I make the short trek back to Winthrop House. Feet weary and eyes bleary, I reflect on the journey I have just completed. I have just attended more parties in one night than some students know about in four years...