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...questionnaire follows months of congressional scrutiny into how college and universities spend their endowments, with some lawmakers calling for more money to go toward financial...
...clip that lost either of their more able running mates the election. But just as last week’s show did nothing to advance the debate, except maybe exclude bracelets from future episodes, last night’s will do no more to put voters on the path toward making the right choice. The problem remains the same: a contest in which the rules are designed to save face will give us, the voters, nothing. The worse candidate cannot lose, and the best one will...
...melodramatic sequences, such as one in which Kearns, driving around at night, spots cars on the street that sport his new invention. Ominous orchestral music plays, and the revving engines and facelessness of the drivers combine to transform the cars into frightening beasts. The film begins to redeem itself toward the end, as Kearns finally takes Ford to trial. Once in the courtroom, the natural drama that a trial creates quickens the pace of the film and awakens the audience’s interest. However, even in the courtroom, Kearns’ metaphors are somewhat heavy-handed, and he beats...
...said in an interview yesterday that congressional attitudes toward endowments have shifted since Grassley first floated the idea of payout legislation...
...many students who don’t even know it’s there,” Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) board member Olivia A. Benowitz ’09 says. “I just think that if we’re going toward finding a solution about integrating the art into the Harvard community, the first question is why Harvard students aren’t coming to see the shows.” Benowitz, among other students, feels that the A.R.T. needs to improve its student outreach. “If Harvard doesn’t feel...