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...Lithgow ’67 and President Neil Rudenstine first launched in 1993, Schorr has had a great deal of experience in the arts. She has directed various spectacles around Boston, everything from feminist agitprop to theatrical fashion shows and a live philosophy-and-culture game show. With her background in writing, editing, theater and education Schorr says that she “enjoy[s] putting on shows that don’t take themselves too seriously but challenge people to think...
...survey, just 62 percent of the random sample replied. Before generalizing their responses to Harvard students, we need to know whether the 38 percent who did not answer differ systematically from the respondents. Survey research routinely compares the respondents with nonrespondents on known attributes (concentration, sex, economic background, national origin) that allow inferences about the extent of nonresponse bias...
...lyricism of pyschadelic love, “Was it an illusion or was it real / Oh by the way I might have drank too much” are not profound enough to distract from the background music, which has effects both positive and negative. Vocalizations reflective of Beach Boys harmonies are included in “On a Chair,” while “I’m Still a Simple Man” and “Black Dada” feature more mellow sound. True diversity on the album comes with the flute-driven cover...
...exclamation, “I am beautiful!” Unfortunately, the beauty of Fantastic Plastic Machine’s latest album is only skin deep. Its easy listening quality is too gentle for the modern club scene and too upbeat for the elevator. It serves as good background music, because in the long run, it is fluffy and forgettable. —Andrew D. Goulet?...
With the rare opportunity to choose the background music of choice, cars give stressed-out Americans an opportunity to catch up on each others’ lives. Much like any other change of gears, these Catch-Up Car Confabulations do not spontaneously begin the moment the engine guns; it certainly take a few minutes for passengers to adjust to the intimate car environment. But a comfortable silence or light chatter marks the build up to a true Car Confabulation, imitating any other form of human intimacy...