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...played "Saturday Night Live" (though there was a "Simpsons" episode) and their top-selling album, the Spector-produced "End of the Century," only made it to 44. Were they just another cult band?. I don't see America mourning, and it's too bad. Maybe I can supply some context...
...Some context For people of a certain age (and Joey, born in 1951, was just two years older than me) punk was our second chance. We had bands in high school and college or instead of college; we were all trying to make being rock stars a viable career option. But to make real money as a musician (and I'm not talking about the bread-and-butter gigs that kept many of us going - weddings, bar mitzvahs, the lounge circuit, teaching) you have to have the kind of luck that wins a state lottery, that draws a full house...
...each application more closely—such as Harvard, other Ivy League schools and small liberal-arts colleges—should weigh individuals’ grades, recommendations, extracurricular activities and essays far more than their SAT scores. When they do consider SAT scores, these schools should take the socioeconomic context of applicants into account...
...make it seem that we are doing something, anything; we pat ourselves on the back, consciences assuaged, and we watch as intelligent Harvard undergrads go on to write impressive doctoral dissertations on peacekeeping at the Kennedy School. The words of Weber, although taken from a different context, are perhaps appropriate: how sad, that “this nullity imagines that it has attained a level of civilization never before achieved...
Additionally, American sports can't be entirely detached from the context that surrounds them. There are reasons why the Fighting Illini attract more scrutiny than the Fighting Irish. There is painful and unfortunate history there, and its effects alter what the nicknames really mean...