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SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR She has served on the Supreme Court for 22 years, but it was in 2003 that O'Connor may have reached the apogee of her powers. As the swing vote in several 5-to-4 rulings, O'Connor brought her pragmatic, just-right-of-center judicial approach to some of the court's biggest decisions. Campaign-finance restrictions, the use of race in university admissions, California's "three strikes" laws--all were upheld last year with...
...draw a big meaty bass line from Flannery O’Connor to the Drive-By Truckers, who distill a murky Southern legacy of incest, murder and generational family feuds. Decoration Day is less ambitious but ultimately more satisfying than their patchy double-disc breakthrough Southern Rock Opera, as the band better weaves their shotgun triple-guitar formula and continue to deliver their moonshine-soaked tales with equal bouts of irony and reverence. With no less than three capable songwriters at their disposal, the songs occasionally sound better off the lyric sheet than through speakers. But when the band...
...There’s pretty good damage from bottom to top,” O’Connor said...
...Connor said that he didn’t know who reported the fire, but joked, “they must have been driving the wrong way on Mass. Ave. to see it,” as the flames were only visible from the side of the building nearest to Harvard Square...
...rest of the cast and crew were likewise very good. The chorusing trio of Crystal (Cailin M. O’Connor ’05), Ronnette (Kristen D. Lozada ’07) and Chiffon (Raya D. Terry ’04) danced well and provided excellent support; their performance of the title piece and their backgrounds on “Da-Doo” were infectious. David L. Kowarsky ’05, as Audrey’s dentist boyfriend Orin, was entertainingly sadistic, although he might have benefited from a bit of voice amplification. Lucas...