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Late in the 1890s, a young shipping executive named Edmund Dene Morel stands on the shipping docks of Antwerp, Belgium. Amidst the hustle and bustle of ships destined for the Congo, he meticulously records trade statistics for his employer, the shipping firm Elder Dempster. As Morel watches the sailors unload case after case of rubber and ivory from the incoming ships, he suddenly notices that the numbers don't match up. In these brief moments, standing on the dock in Antwerp, Morel finds himself amidst one of the largest slave-operations of this century...
...understand that many black students should have a place to get together where they do not have to worry about, as one panelist put it, "dealing with racial stuff." I also understand that white people self-segregate all the time--athletes with athletes, Jews with Jews, artists with artists. Amidst all this other self-segregation, black students often get singled out because they are conspicuous...
...high and effortless jumps and both turned with great ease. They were well matched as a couple due to their technical ability and the sharpness with which they dance. Paloma completed the 32 fouettes, the hallmark of the black swan role, with great ease, adding in double turns amidst the 32 fouettes. Picone easily completed six and seven pirouettes while his leaps and high kicks showed great flexibility...
...singer's energy proved to be indeed nearly boundless, as he continued to dance, jump and even do splits throughout the entire set, singing all the while. Amidst their big swing hits--the current single "Brown Derby Jump," as well as "Ding Dong," "Daddy of the D-Car Line" and "When I Change Your Mind"--the Daddies interspersed their earlier work, often songs that were more ska or even punk than swing...
Alanis' most recognized strength, of course, isher ability to write lyrics that might as wellstand alone as poetry. The songs generally avoidrhyme, making for a more fluid, unpredictablesound. Amidst the pulsing techno of "So Pure," weare treated to surprisingly profound lyrics: "Youfrom New York, you are so relevant/You reduce meto cosmic tears." Dance music that doesn't rhyme?Techno that actually means something...