Word: airs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...resurfaced--tanned, rested and ready to dispense supposedly penetrating analysis at a moment's notice. The cast of opinionated characters has changed a bit--fewer former federal prosecutors, more child psychologists--but the goal is still the same: to take the few known facts of the case and fill air time and op-ed space by speculating, ruminating and suggesting reasons for the tragedy...
That was in January, when Senator John McCain of Arizona was as unknown to most Americans as a place called Kosovo. But since the NATO air assault against Yugoslavia began five weeks ago, McCain, a 62-year-old former Navy pilot and Vietnam War hero, has won attention and praise as the candidate who didn't hesitate to call for considering the use of ground troops and who criticized the Clinton Administration for squeamishly "trying to avoid war while waging one." His blunt talk was in such demand that his staff lost track of the number of Kosovo-related...
Goldman had several motivations for her design. She thought that airport public art should be calming and relaxing, since air travel is stressful for many people, and they don't need to have their nerves jarred by confrontational or unpleasant art. In addition, she thought that it should be acessible to as many people as possible, and also communicate something about the city it is located in-- "a sense of place so that the Logan experience feels uniquely like Boston, as opposed to, say Phoenix," she mused. The nautical theme does all of this well--it reflects the ocean that...
Mansun sets itself apart from most art-rock by occasionally throwing the listener a life preserver. "Negative" is a slicing, biting rock stomp and "Legacy" clears the air with its crisp and tender crescendos. Overall, it's a godless, fearless, overblown and manipulative stab at the center of your music consciousness. Listening to Six, at first, is a battle. In the end, the fight makes and album even more rewarding...
Harvard and Radcliffe have reached an agreement on building use in Radcliffe Yard, while other questions, like the future of the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association (RCAA), remain up in the air...