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...Hopefully when Hollywood's Oscar nominees get the nod next year they will pick up the phone and call Zac Posen immediately. I don't know why more celebs don't wear his amazing entrance-makers on the red carpet. The guy knows how to cut a glamorous gown. The gold drop-waisted billowing number at the end of the show was statuette-worthy...
...offer just one secondary field program, which it voted to call “Classical Civilization.” The proposal recommends requiring five half-courses, one of which must be either Classics 97a or 97b, according to Jan M. Ziolkowski, Porter Professor of Medieval Latin. Students may pick the remaining four half-courses from all those offered in the Classics section of the Course of Instruction, including Core courses and other cross-listed courses. Ziolkowski added that no more than two half-courses may be below the level of Greek or Latin...
...Throughout his campaign, Patrick has demonstrated a willingness to pick his battles and fight the right fight. That’s why, for example, he’s a strong supporter of same-sex marriage. In the face of a concerted Republican campaign to repeal the legalization of same-sex marriage, Patrick’s position on the matter has been unequivocal. Not only does he believe in the right of same-sex partners to marry, but he also supports the repeal of a 1913 law that prohibits out-of-state couples from marrying within the Commonwealth?...
...further exploration in the sciences. Unlike some Cores (ahem, Moral Reasoning) where every offering is basically the same course with 10 different names, each Science B touches on a different topic, from the anatomy of dinosaurs to the mechanics of human vision or the creation of our planet. Pick your poison...
...didn't hear the throaty laugh first, you'd pick up on the shock of white hair at the corner table when Austin was in high politics season. Richards, then nearly 50 after years of teaching school and raising a family of four, had carved her way into Texas politics via a seat on the Travis County Commission, not a high station but a strategically placed one in the capital city. Her political roots lay with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party; she had supported the campaigns of U.S. Senator Ralph Yarbrough and Sarah Weddington, the Austin lawyer...