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...vast majority of American fashion designers seem to share Scaasi's restraint. This fall a crush of actors and musicians is employing every shred of their public clout to sway voters toward a particular candidate, risking as much criticism as praise. Though silence on topics outside one's immediate purview is no doubt appreciated in many quarters, the closest a prominent U.S. designer is likely to get to such activism is to dress a Dixie Chick. Like other artists, designers must constantly monitor and process the public mood to create a relevant product, but whether out of economic self-interest...
...appears that you and Mike decided that you would run this project instead of operating it through [the Campus Life Committee], the committee under whose purview it falls,” Barro wrote to Mahan over the list. “You criticized Rohit for ‘micromanaging’ the Council during the campaign, so why are you micromanaging this project...
...four student groups under the purview of the Institute of 1770—HPT, the Hasty Pudding Social Club, the Harvard Krokodiloes and the Radcliffe Pitches—the building still houses three...
...tasks were to seamlessly transfer to other Harvard organizations—students would lose out. This scattered arrangement could never be an adequate substitute for a central body committed to development. Other groups have pre-existing mandates and priorities, and development issues may or may not fall within their purview. The newly-housed programs might easily disappear over time, subject to the same budget cuts and changes in administration that the CID now faces...
...don’t think all the recommendations can fall under the purview of those four committees,” Mahan said...