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Gates' and West's essays in The Future of the Race may not be as crisp and insightful as the rest of their respective bodies of work, but nobody is perfect and their credentials speak for themselves. Harvard University has been truly fortunate to have West and Gates on the faculty, and I feel thankful for having had the opportunity to have taken West's introduction to Afro-American studies last fall and for being able to see him speak as often as I do. The complaint that may be legitimately voiced is that a good portion of this...
...crazed militiamen to stop me at the border. After demanding a password (Justus), they'd search my car for treasonous articles: heavy-metal or rap tapes, condoms, crack, high school textbooks that mention evolution. Once I was checked through and free to go, the men would give a crisp salute before proceeding to open fire on an oncoming Volvo with California plates...
Other talking heads include gay personalities who are not identified with Hollywood, like Quentin Crisp and Susie Bright, contemporary straight actors like Tom Hanks and Susan Sarandon, and many overlapping figures, such as historian Richard Dyer, author Gore Vidal, and screenwriter Paul Rudnick. The heterosexual actors, for the most part, don't come off as well. Whoopi Goldberg and Sarandon radiate satisfaction with their own openmindedness, Hanks seems fairly happy-go-lucky both about his youthful homophobia and his recent embrace of a more sensitive persona. Harry Hamlin seems more perceptive than most, admitting his own tendency to question...
...ballet are simple and lyrical, such as a pastoral-sounding flute solo; others, like the bassoon's aggressive blats, are humorous. The most characteristic and memorable passages, however, are those involving several different rhythms and themes played simultaneously in different parts of the orchestra. That HRO could remain crisp and confident in even the most jagged parts of the score is worthy of applause. Katherine Evans' trumpet solos had a gorgeous tone seldom heard from student brass players and won her a well-deserved ovation. Friday night proved once again how lucky we are to have HRO, even if there...
...were a proposal to increase the capital-gains tax. On ABC's PrimeTime Live, General Colin Powell said Buchanan gives out "messages of intolerance." Sam Donaldson asked Powell whether he could vote for Buchanan for President if he were the Republican nominee. The general was crisp and clear...