Word: 20s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only writing the songs, he's helping to tell the stories as well. His new musical Harmony (with book and lyrics by his frequent collaborator Bruce Sussman), at California's La Jolla Playhouse, recounts the career of the Comedian Harmonists, a popular German singing group of the '20s and '30s--composed of Jews and non-Jews--that was disbanded by the Nazis. Manilow on Hitler's Germany? Why not? "The pop-music business doesn't want to work hard; it just wants a catchy melody," says the sentimental troubadour, whose string of pop-chart-topping melodies--Mandy, Looks Like...
...proceedings, with its black and red drapery, gold trim and metal-studded leather seats. lang walked the stage in her trademark black pinstripes like she was on Star Search, feeding off the audience's love and enthusiasm and maintaining a constant dialogue with its members. Like singers from the '20s who preceded her in loungey style, she synchronized fluid and natural movements with the simplicity and steadiness of her own voice. Even while delivering what must have been vocally straining performances, she managed to maintain an ease and comfort in her demeanor that, from the beginning of her career, completely...
...years as "a change agent" in government and in foundations, says her "biggest surprise has been discovering that my family is the axis of my life, not my work." Susan Butler King Brown feels bewildered over having kids so late: "Would this have been easier in my 20s or 30s?" Lucy Lee Grimes Evans lists "mother of four" as her occupation even while decrying, as a member of her local Democratic town committee, how "women are still woefully underrepresented" in state and national politics. But for lots of us, like Susan Smith Ellenberg, our children are all grown...
...existing network of steam tunnels was extended to this site in the early '20s, with an extension to the Business School-disguised at the hollow center of the Weeks Bridge-laid...
...most obvious difference between the two systems is age: proctors range from the early 20s to around 30, while RAs are but a year or two older than most first-years. No matter which system a given university uses, administrators say that those few years can make all the difference in the world...