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People have come to rely on machines and have lost confidence in what humans can do themselves. My husband and I believe so strongly in things that are handmade, but they’re on the verge of extinction. We’re trying to keep it alive??we’re the dirt-pitch rebels, the last of the line...

Author: By Sally K. Scopa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Spotlight: Miranda J. Thomas | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...most heartbreaking element of this situation is that many of the kids who attend these schools are fiercely intelligent, but the school system is slowly eating them alive, and every adult at the schools we visited, including myself, knew it. I use the expression “eating them alive?? because that is the best way I know how to describe the situation. The crushing feeling is analogous to how it must feel for a creature to be eaten alive by a python. What makes the prospect so sickening is that the prey is still alive and conscious...

Author: By C. FRANK IGWE | Title: Broken Schools | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

...Friend,” “Supersonic,” and “Johnny Guitar” have short, punky riffs and sing-along choruses. Memorable hooks and melodies have been a trademark of Pearl Jam’s work from the time “Alive?? first blasted through radios in early 1991, but these songs show that the band’s most enduring musical gifts are best suited to positive, not depressive, material. Pearl Jam have finally achieved a kind of comfortable maturity, most evident in the album’s pace...

Author: By Keshava D. Guha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pearl Jam | 9/25/2009 | See Source »

Students won’t be able to avoid the d-hall in an attempt to stay alive??one of the central rules is that everyone has to attend one meal every day in Quincy...

Author: By Liyun Jin | Title: Closing in on the Kill | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

...before that, and the one before that. While innovation was never the band’s strong suit, some thematic variation would be appreciated.But like every seasoned pop band, the Thermals have a few gems to salvage from the wreck. The sloppy, manic “When We Were Alive?? shakes with the same bracing fury—noisy riffs that fall like axe blows over gleefully deranged vocals—of earlier releases. “How We Fade” glimpses at those heights as it surges to a close, and in its valleys it remains...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Thermals | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

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