Word: framings
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...Peanuts." Charlie Brown and his friends could be, as the cartoonist Al Capp said, "mean little bastards, eager to hurt each other." In "Peanuts," there was always the chance that the rage of one character would suddenly bowl over another, literally spinning the victim backward and out of frame. Coming home to relax, Charlie Brown sits down to a radio broadcast whose suave announcer is saying, "And what, in all this world, is more delightful than the gay wonderful laughter of little children?" Charlie Brown stands, sets his jaw, and kicks the radio set clear out of the room. Here...
...fact, in each of the past four years, the number of schools laying claim to Rhodes scholars-elect has met or set an American record, this year with a record spread of 28. At least eight schools have claimed their first Rhodes scholars in this time frame. With college admissions becoming more competitive across the country and schools beefing up honors programs and fellowships advising, this spread is probably the wave of the future...
...DESIGN CULTURE NOW This sprawling exhibit at New York City's Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the first of what is planned to be a triennial event, epitomized Americans' rising interest in design. The show celebrated vital contemporary work in an accessible frame that laid plain the degrees of separation--and connection--between Frank Gehry's buildings and Martha Stewart's merchandise...
...tried to capitalize on Harvard's defensive situation, but Jonas was still up to the task, making 15 saves in the frame...
Senior goaltender Oliver Jonas leapt to his side to make a diving save but wasn't in time, putting UNH ahead 2-0 in the final frame...