Word: buffalo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There's a moment at the very end of David Mamet's American Buffalo,just before the lights go down, when it suddenly becomes clear that for the past two hours you have done nothing but watch three men talk in a single room. The revelation, though simple, can be shocking...
...shoulders to the beat and laughed like an absolute goofball. In a more somber moment, DiFrance introduced a new song about clinic violence that addressed the recent bombing of a Birmingham women's clinic and the murder of an abortion doctor, Barnett Slepian, in DiFranco's hometown of Buffalo, New York. The audience was silent as DiFranco described in emotional terms the wounds of a nurse whose legs were shattered by the explosion of nails and screws. She fumbled for words to describe receiving a letter from Slepian's niece after her last show, played in Amherst, where the girl...
...shoulders to the beat and laughed like an absolute goofball. In a more somber moment, DiFranco introduced a new song about clinic violence that addressed the recent bombing of a Birmingham women's clinic and the murder of an abortion doctor, Barnett Slepian, in DiFranco's hometown of Buffalo, New York. The audience was silent as DiFranco described in emotional terms the wounds of a nurse whose legs were shattered by the explosion of nails and screws. She fumbled for words to describe receiving a letter from Slepian's niece after her last show, played in Amherst, where the girl...
...Irene J. So '00, a Kirkland resident concentrating in economics, grew up in Buffalo Grove, Ill. A member of the Crimson Key Society and the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Irene admits that the "Marilyn Manson look-alike" who did her tattoo insisted he would do a much better job if he received a blow...
...rested in the hands of superintendents, school boards and unions, whose often fractious interests result in personal fiefdoms and byzantine politics that keep bickering high and student achievement low. But Archer's ascension is the latest in a wave of public school takeovers, from Chicago and Cleveland, Ohio, to Buffalo, N.Y., and New Orleans. Mayors in these and other cities have all gained--or are in the process of gaining--control of public schools and are adopting aggressive reforms through handpicked boards and superintendents...