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...year. District 11 has a 10-year, $8 million contract with the soft-drink company that calls for the yearly consumption of 1.68 million bottles of Coke products. If a case contains 24 bottles, which answer is correct? A) District 11 met its goal, and its students will sing back-up to Aretha Franklin in a new ad campaign. B) District 11 is 960,000 bottles in the red. C) Students should drink lots more Coke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Classrooms for Sale | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...commit to one genre even within each song leaves the listener feeling unbalanced and bored. Songs from My Funeral works well as chilled background music, but because of the lack of variety in remix styles and the constant, helpless death themes, one song can be enough. The strong female back-up vocals are underused; hints of accordion and cello-like tones add visions of intrigue, but do not last. Other pieces show signs of potential. "Black Girl" opens with banjo and actually successfully transitions to dance-style bass, and the folksong adapted "Pretty Little Horses" reveals musicality and creativity...

Author: By Sarah D. Redmond, | Title: Snakefarm | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...readings and book-signing sessions. No, Leonard's really on tour this winter, traveling and performing with a band from Greenfield, Mass., called the Stone Coyotes. Boston's Lansdowne Street Music Hall hosted the bizarre book-reading/band performance on Friday, February 19. Two days earlier Leonard and his back-up graced the Mercury Lounge in New York City, and from Boston they flew to L.A. for further shows...

Author: By Meredith L. Petrin, | Title: ELMORE LEONARD | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...readings and book-signing sessions. No, Leonard's really on tour this winter, traveling and performing with a band from Greenfield, Mass., called the Stone Coyotes. Boston's Lansdowne Street Music Hall hosted the bizarre book-reading/band performance on Friday, February 19. Two days earlier Leonard and his back-up graced the Mercury Lounge in New York City, and from Boston they flew to L.A. for further shows...

Author: By Meredith L. Petrin, | Title: The Odd Couple | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...released this past Sunday, students graduating this coming June will face a stellar job market in nearly every industry. But this information doesn't assuage the fears of seniors, many of whom, without any prior interest in the fields advertised, will drop off a resume on Thursday as a back-up plan that may end up becoming their only plan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stop and Think | 12/9/1998 | See Source »

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