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...don’t go out and just look down the list of Harvard faculty,” Mccammon said. “I think that’s the success of universities like Harvard, you get the best people teaching some of the best people and that’s a force...
...Chris Williams, a program officer at the Gates Foundation, says that's because Ed in '08 "has been able to get the job done on less." One measure of the campaign's success: having had either John McCain or Barack Obama sign on to all three of Ed in '08's main policy pushes. But you'd be hard-pressed to find any election followers who can list what those three policies are - alternative pay for teachers, high standards, and extended learning time - and the candidates remain vague on what they will do about them...
...night and really don’t help anyone sleep. But instead of just smashing the thing, Brooklyn duo High Places have found an actual use for one. On their self-titled debut album, High Places layer cross-cultural melodies over naturalistic soundscapes (think rainforest) with surprising success. At first, it may sound like a mess—discombobulated, slapdash, and just plain weird. But High Places aren’t just some randoms who decided to combine their love of global ethnic music with their snoozing troubles. Behind the ambience and space, the music is actually quite complex...
...anything, as a selling point. To them, Yue Minjun’s smiling faces appear more Chinese-looking than is accurate; similarly, Wang Guangyi’s political pop paintings are seen as insincere and overly topical. Many Western critics, along with other Chinese artists, are bothered by the success of those who make intentional and overtly Chinese art. Some have gone so far as to characterize much of this work as a sort of soft minstrel...
...summer—love it or hate it (and many do), the Billboard Hot 100 has been tasting cherry Chapstick for 20 weeks and counting. Even New York Magazine’s imperious “Vulture” blog had to admit the song’s success, but not without threatening to move to Canada...