Word: backgrounds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weak, yearning vocals create an odd combination of folk and pop that, although successful at moments, mostly put a listener to sleep. The inability to 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...
According to Harvard Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis '70-'73, Harvard will not reevaluate its admissions process because of the changing legal climate, since Harvard's admissions process does not take such factors as race, ethnic background, or family income into account, according to Lewis...
...white males. During the affirmative action era in California, it was far from "absurd" that race played a significant role in admissions. Instead, the Board of Regents was trying to create campuses which represented the diversity of California while recognizing the educational disadvantages inherent in a poor socio-economic background...
Inselman, who says she didn't learn she was adopted until a relative told her just six years ago, feels she should be able to discover her true background, but she has a more urgent reason to seek her records. She needs to find out whether any of her biological relatives has a kidney that would be suitable for her granddaughter, who is need of a donor. Inselman has sent letters to a local judge explaining all this, but the judge has thus far refused to release the information, offering a polite recitation of the law. Other judges across...
...last week to identify the winners and losers of the past year, there was one name conspicuously absent from Turley's list: Jonathan Turley. For of all the pundits who have achieved talk-show celebrity since the scandal broke, Turley--a liberal academic with anti-Clintonian views and a background in environmental law and constitutional criminal procedure--was the biggest winner. During one gravity-defying stretch, he appeared on at least one of the influential Sunday-morning shows for 10 straight weeks. He was a guest at various times on no fewer than 11 other programs...