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That is one reason keyboards have a way to go before they attain pure musical respectability. "When the keyboard is used for gimmicks and effect, the status, the art and the tonality are lost," says Paul Ellison, chairman of the string department at the U.S.C. School of Music. "It's not coming from the soul of the artist, it's coming from the brain." Indeed, there are lots of switches and buttons to get used to, even on simpler keyboards...
...have surprised anyone--the University announced last spring that it intended to demolish the building and replace it with a five-story hotel. What was disturbing was the timing of the move and the University's straightforward admission that it destroyed the building before it was eligible to attain landmark status...
Even in their hey day the Cowboys did not attain greatness. They only won two Superbowls. They lost three. Not a dynasty by any stretch of the imagination...
...course, when women do attain leadership roles, they are accused of doing just that. "Admit it, you act just like a male in women's clothing," men have told ambitious friends of mine. Does that mean they are determined to attain positions traditionally held by men? Does that mean they assert themselves in the way that men are taught to do? Does that mean they are exceptionally good--and isn't that rare for a woman...
...reasearch project while she is here atthe IOP, the former Women's Bureau director saysshe will be looking at prominent minorities whohave been able to use the old boy network toadvance their careers and attain positions in theWhite House. She is focusing on National SecurityAdvisor C. Colin Powell, and Gwen King, who, asassistant to the President and director ofintergovernmental affairs, is the ranking Blackwoman in the White House