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Marti Leimbach's new novel, Sun Dial Street, explores the depth and permanence of this filial "tattoo" and weaves it into the fabric of her witty and sensitive novel with literary innovation. After penning Dying Young, which won her critical acclaim, Leimbach creates an equally bittersweet story that sparks the reader's imagination with its details and elicits a sense of identification with its down-to-earth depiction of events...
PROPOSITION 99 WAS A VITAL PART OF CALIFORNIA'S ATtempt to discourage smoking. Passed by health-conscious voters in 1988, the measure hiked cigarette taxes 25 cents a pack. A share of those revenues was earmarked for an antitobacco advertising campaign. The resulting ads won international acclaim and were credited with a 17% decline in the number of smokers in the state. But in January Governor Pete Wilson suspended the $16 million-dollar advertising campaign, citing a need for funds for other health projects. Last week a California state judge ordered Wilson to restore the campaign, saying that Proposition...
...junior professor is popular, well-regarded, beloved by undergraduates and graduate students alike. She spends seven years at Harvard, teaching popular courses that win acclaim in the CUE guide...
Hogwood's recordings have met with critical acclaim and commercial success beyond the wildest dreams of those who championed "authentic" performance during its infancy. And he hardly seems surprised. To counter the claims of those who disparage the period performance movement as a headlong rush into the musical past, he says: "this is not historicizing; it happens that this way of playing is the most modern way of playing this music." If his words don't convince his music will...
While Tikaram's voice is one of her greatest strengths, her greatest asset is undoubtedly her lyrics. They are what first won her acclaim, and will continue to bring her praise. Songs like "The Way that I want You" and "Out On The Town" are examples of the incredible maturity, poise, vision and sensitivity that Tikaram has consistently exhibited in penning her songs...