Word: statement
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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This farewell piece traditionally requires a personal statement, so the question is, "Which group do I fall into?" My answer is best expressed by a former Crimson editor who considers herself a proud but critical Harvard alumna: "Someone once asked me, 'Didn't you enjoy it?' and I said, 'Well, yes, but being on the Crimson, it was my job to criticize it.' I think that's the most interesting place to be, perched between devotion and mild contempt...
...tired of going with the flow. I want to make a fashion statement at graduation. Gear...
...Jerry has brought vigor and insight to the School, and I am personally grateful to him for the exceptional ability and collegial spirit with which he has served Harvard and the School of Education," Rudenstine said in a prepared statement...
...siecle was also a great time for painters whose displaced religious yearnings and hunger for allegory induced them to do mock altarpieces, usually triptychs, whose format signaled the presence of a Big Statement. The most ludicrous of these is by the Belgian artist Leon Frederic, whom the spirit moved to paint, in the 1890s, an enormous three-parter called The Stream, an allegory of the Life-Force (Henri Bergson was a hot philosopher circa 1900) in the form of thousands, thousands, of pink, roly-poly babies cascading down Alpine waterfalls and through a forest glade. This condommaker's nightmare took...
...about $119, the sleekly designed Razor is large enough for only one foot, and its relatively small wheels give a rough ride over potholes. Consequently, it is favored by teens and others who scoot for amusement, or for short runs to the subway. "The Razor is a fashion statement," says James Yu, who owns Basic Wheels in lower Manhattan. Serious scooter commuters with deep pockets favor the Xootr, whose Street model retails for $389. "Generally, these are for the guys over 40," says Yu. "They have wider wheels for a smoother ride and are sturdier...