Word: nexus
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...Sacred and Profane Visions” speaks to the core of the Harvard University Art Museum’s unique vision. The works from our permanent collection, complemented by important loans, will create a rich context for exploring this extraordinary nexus of artistic development,” says James Cuno, the Director of the Harvard University Art Museums in explaining the significance of this exhibition...
...free arena for artistic expression. Trueba's camera is sensual in its gaze as it caresses Elias' form on the piano. He lovingly traces down her slender figure, caressing her bare feet as they touch the pedals, thus turning her playing into a corporeally total experience, rather than a nexus between limbs and the mind. Alternately, when not gliding around the performers, Trueba breaks his musicians down into their component parts, focusing on agile fingers and tapping nimble feet. He savors the contradiction inherent in the great hulking character that is pianist Chucho Valdes. Valdes is an imposing, giant...
It’s a scene that seems all too common, especially at Harvard. The computer becomes the nexus of a voyeuristic universe in which we are connected to everywhere in the world, able to observe or obtain almost anything without leaving the comfort of home. With the proliferation of pornography on the Internet, it seems that even relationships are being virtually imported behind the shield of the monitor screen...
...could also be seen in the talks held at least as late as the second week of January between White House staff and lawyers for another pardon applicant, Jonathan Pollard, the convicted spy for Israel. While not dismissing Barak's influence, House investigators are focusing on the more familiar nexus of money and politics. According to the Jan. 10 e-mail, Clinton supposedly told Dozoretz (she denies it) that "he wants to do it, and is doing all possible to turn around the White House counsels." Clinton should have seen the furor coming. Not only did he fail to persuade...
AIDS has created a generation of orphans, below, who live on the streets in deep poverty. No one cares for them, and they are a nexus for another generation of infection--360,000 kids have been made homeless this way. This placement program aims to find homes for some of them--and to kick-start international awareness of the problem. Goal: find homes for 1,320 children...