Word: artes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Jean Kennedy Smith 1928- --In 1974 she began Very Special Arts to foster art for the handicapped. She was recently Ambassador to Ireland --Late husband Stephen Smith managed both of R.F.K.'s campaigns...
...reverberation of his works in the lives of others; and so, while an individual civilization dies, the greater one profits. We call such deaths tragedies because the force of the life has been of great magnitude; yet tragedy from the point of view of the audience is high art, and one is filled with as much admiration as grief...
...live performance did not live up to his recording reputation. His style which seems to border on world-music kitsch, was very treble emphasized and percussion heavy, assuming an almost flippant, less weighty framework. Beginning his set with many of his earlier works, especially many he originally recorded with Art Garfunkel, his renditions of "Mrs. Robinson" and "Bridge over Troubled Waters" were unconvincing testimonies of his solo career. But the latter-day Simon finally came out during less-instrumental tinged moments such as an almost a capella version of "Slip Slidin' Away". At last, his didactically bohemian hand gestures appeared...
...have learned from sharing a kitchen and living room with people I didn't know, there were some lessons I simply did not care to learn. Though I had managed to avoid Mike's room, I finally decided that a fulfilling summer experience did not require mastery of the art of falling asleep while the bed shakes back and forth. It may be fine for summer-camp or the first year of college, but I've already served my time in the bunk...
...interesting new sounds. This Mexican group is one of the most praised Spanish-language rock bands around, but unfortunately its new double CD is perhaps more experimental than inventive. The first part features instrumentals that draw on Latin pop and European classical traditions; the second features vocals influenced by art-rock, bolero and other genres. More than a few songs on this provocative collection have the power to enchant, yet this band surely has better albums in its future...