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...movie starring Meryl Streep, it cemented his reputation as a literary giant. But his success did not come easily. In 1990 he chronicled his struggle with depression in the memoir Darkness Visible. And in reference to his work, which he produced on a legal pad at a painstaking pace of no more than a page and a half per day, he said, "A great book should leave you with many experiences--and slightly exhausted...
...adjust the volume." Rudolph describes how his neighbors pair up in their separate runs and then "walk the length of the cage in unison, back and forth, yelling as they go. If you've ever seen big cats at a zoo, this is what they do as well. They pace back and forth, rhythmically, like a pendulum. Across the yard, this is what one sees: seven pairs of inmates pacing together, all the while yelling in loud Arabic." The words Aiwa, aiwa echo across the yard...
...season debut at the Garret Penn State Collegiate Open this weekend, with the women’s team racking up an impressive tally of successes while a slightly limited men’s squad put on a lackluster performance. The Crimson’s women foilists set a blistering pace for the year to come, as junior captain and reigning junior world champion Emily Cross placed No. 1 and freshman Arielle Pensler finished No. 4. All four competing Harvard foilists finished in the tournament’s top ten. “The women were here in force...
...altar so the audience could see the performers at work. Edward Jones, the Gund University organist and choirmaster and curator of the University Organs, began the evening with J.S. Bach’s famous Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. Jones performed the impressive piece at an atypically brisk pace, but did a fine job all the same.Tamar H. Grader ’10 continued with the Prelude in G Minor from Bach’s second Well-Tempered Clavier. The piece was short but well played. Grader set up the next performer, Yoshitaka Yamamoto ’08, very...
...woodwinds, slow brass chords, and the plucking of strings, already giving listeners a sense that tensions were building.Sharply contrasting each other, the instruments did not develop any sort of discernible pattern until the piece progressed much further. Even then, a very diverse field of instruments and an intense pace created a chaotic atmosphere. The piece moved on to include a short but skillful solo performance by co-concertmaster Matthew J. Kan ’07. While the conclusion of the piece did not leave a listener with a sense of resolution, the HRO energetically pulled off the impressive feat...