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...enthusiastic reception in Asia shouldn't surprise him. In the late 1970s, white-collar Asians in the region's booming economies sought out new sounds to grace their suddenly affordable turntables and cassette players. Older listeners, bored with rock, began to trade up to West Coast jazz fusion - a connoisseur's form that mingled jazz, pop, R&B and funk, setting store above all on sheen and virtuosity. Although derided by jazz traditionalists, the genre had an exotic sophistication to middle-class Asian ears - and Jarreau was its house vocalist, his marvel of a voice swooping out of the speakers...
...been clearing away our best protections all over the world, says Kathleen Tierney, director of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder. "The natural protections are diminishing - whether you're talking about mangrove forests in areas affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami, wetlands in the Gulf Coast or forests, which offer protection against landslides and mudslides...
Williams pointed out that although the preparations for Katrina and the aftermath were "despicable," the evacuation from the Gulf Coast was more orderly than prior to Katrina...
Harvard students throughout the Gulf Coast had varied experiences as Hurricane Gustav made landfall, with some able to evacuate and others stranded in the face of the natural disaster...
Despite the destruction, the students seemed hopeful for the future of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast...