Word: mastering
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...stock markets collapsing around the world, nobody needs an illustration of where that kind of hubris can lead. Ordinary folks with bills to pay may smell something funny in fiscal instruments with names like "credit-default swaps," but when you work on Wall Street and people call you a "master of the universe," you think you can make the things pay off. Even nonpartisans would agree that George W. Bush waded into the Iraq mess with more certainty than strategy. And Bill and Hillary Clinton might actually have achieved health-care reform if they had tried negotiating with the opposition...
...demand for copies," says Wells. "We have a fascinating reference in a play from 1603 in which there is the character of a young man who was obviously a fan of Shakespeare. He quotes bits of Romeo and Juliet and is rather foolish. And he says the line: 'Sweet master Shakespeare, I have his picture in my study at the court.' That also shows that there was likely to be a demand for his portrait...
Jain wouldn’t comment on who won what, or how much each prize cost, but we do know that Zachary C. Sifuentes, an Adams House tutor and resident poet, won the right to pie House Master Sean Palfrey...
...dialogue between Lowy and the orchestra surged to a loud, clean conclusion.“Symphonie Fantastique,” the third and final piece on the program, was written in 1830, only three years after the Beethoven’s death. While Beethoven is considered a master of symphonic composition, Berlioz, with the production of “Symphonie Fantastique,” is credited with expanding the genre’s potential. By moving its traditional structure into a freer and more dramatic form he moved classical music further into Romanticism. The piece describes the opium-induced hallucinations...
Parents attended faculty presentations by recently-named Pforzheimer House Master and Sociology Professor Nicholas A. Christakis, Dunster House Master and Government Professor Roger Porter, Physics Professor Melissa Franklin, and Music Professor Sean Gallagher...