Word: boyd
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Todd Boyd, a professor of critical studies at the University of Southern California, says rap can bring races together: "It's a little more difficult to go out and talk about hate when your music collection is full of black artists. That is not to say that buying an OutKast record is the same as dealing with real people, but it is reason to hope." Ice Cube is a bit more cynical: "It's kinda like being at the zoo. You can look into that world, but you don't have to touch it. It's safe...
...from downtown in the first half and scored 16 points in the first 20 minutes, including an authoritative slam dunk with 3:34 left before halftime that put the Big Green ahead by 10 points. Freshman point guard Flinder Boyd also hit two treys and scored 10 points in the first half...
Running the show at the point is Flinder Boyd. The freshman standout, who recently received Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors, is averaging 5.0 assists per game, fourth in the league behind Harvard's Hill. Boyd, a Los Angeles native, turned down offers at such basketball powerhouses as Utah and Oklahoma, to try and help rebuild a Dartmouth program that finished next-to-last in the Ivies last year...
...songwriting skills have garnered her a Grammy, Williams own music has eluded much of the mainstream music population. However, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road has been heralded as one of the year's best albums and inscribed as the Blonde on Blonde of the '90s by producer Joe Boyd. Certainly, this is not to say her straightforward narrative style somehow mirrors Bob Dylan's layered poetry; rather, both song-writers are not so self-absorbed as they are selfless...
...record capacity, with load factors of more than 70%. That increased efficiency has helped hold down fares, but it also means more crowded planes. Airline employees--particularly the overburdened gate and ticket agents--seem increasingly unable to cope. "Ten years ago, employees were trained in customer service," says Michael Boyd, president of the Boyd Group, a Colorado-based aviation-research firm. "Today they're trained to process passengers...