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...appeared at the Knitting Factory, a trendy performance space that often showcases culty bands. The set, featuring songs from her latest CD, Rising, was deliberately abrasive, her wailing voice (which evoked Eastern devotional music) propelled by Ima's churning, mid-tempo guitar rock (Lennon's guitar work was blunt and unobtrusive). Ono's best moments came on Will I--a mournfully pretty spoken-word piece--and on Rising's anthemic title song. For the latter, she was joined by the Japanese-American hip-hop duo Cibo Matto, who added some energy and emotional focus (the pair also appear...
...this all-consuming issue. Friendships gain a new dimension of tension. People studiously avoid the topic that carries weight for the next three years of our lives. Tears flow freely. Friendships seem to go up in flames. The little white lies my mother swore by backfire dramatically. Being blunt is the only option; then havoc breaks loose. We have been reduced to eighth grad--people stop talking to each other, talk behind each other's backs, scheming busily...
...keep in mind the wishes of his primary constituency--his students--more than he has this past semester, although not to the detriment of decisions he believes crucial to the sound future of the College. And he should soften the edges of his terse communiques, termed brusque and blunt by many who have had frequent contact with...
...very straight shooter," says President Neil L. Rudenstine. "He will say straight what's on his mind, and that may sometimes seem...blunt. But thank heavens for a bit of honesty and candor...
...think he was blunt. I don't think he was always honest," Pan says. "I don't think being dishonest is a unique trait among Harvard administrators. He was more blunt, but he wasn't any more honest or dishonest. I appreciated his bluntness...