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...called explosive.Then in 2007, the nascent cult around the band grew exponentially—and rightly so—for two reasons. The first came in March, when Lennox released his third solo album, the sublime, sample-bending “Person Pitch,” to widespread critical acclaim. The second came in December, when the band proper released their seventh album, “Strawberry Jam.” Delivering on the promise of their finest early work—2003’s “Here Comes the Indian” and 2004?...
...form to keep working to the very end, maintaining a nearly full schedule of concert appearances, drawing crowds of devoted (mostly baby-boomer) fans, continuing to come up with edgy, often reckless, occasionally brilliant material. Other stand-up stars, like Pryor or Jerry Seinfeld, didn't win their greatest acclaim until they graduated to movies or TV series; Carlin remained, resolutely, "just" a stand-up comedian - one, moreover, whose long hair and hipster attitude came to seem increasingly dated. (Read TIME's 2004 "10 Questions For George Carlin...
Since it was published in early 2008, the book has earned both critical and popular acclaim. It was billed as “extraordinary” and “profoundly moving” by The New York Times Book Review’s Geoffrey C. Ward. It also sold about 40,000 copies in its first five months in print, the highest circulation of any of Faust’s books to date...
Jackson praised Kagan’s leadership of the Law School in an e-mailed statement, saying that he hoped to maintain the institutional changes for which Kagan has won acclaim from faculty and students alike...
...what I think is a critical time in our history.”Kagan announced that she plans to take a leave of absence from the faculty of the Law School and resign the deanship, which she has held since 2003. During her tenure as dean, she has drawn acclaim for bridging ideological divides among the faculty, poaching several renowned professors from rival law schools, and ushering in a slew of student-oriented reforms.University President Drew G. Faust lauded Kagan in an e-mailed statement, saying that because of her, “the student experience is richer, the curriculum...