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...curious thing about swing, though, is that it was popular and poignant simultaneously, at once low and high, democratic and aristocratic. At its best, swing wedded a danceable rhythm to challenging harmonics and inspired improvisation, producing a single musical form capable of pleasing aesthetes along with everyone else. Swing was the ancients' mixed regime--not in speech, but in music...
...Boston and B.U., where he still teaches and still enjoys students. "Some don't know anything," he says. "They don't know how to write at all. Some, however, almost the same percentage as earlier, speak well, write well, are intelligent, read closely, are sympathetic." He adds, "I was curious as to whether TV had driven literature into some hole in the ground. I don't think...
...sturdy stand to keep it from tipping over in the sand. Antiskip technology is built into the CD player, a car and a boat adapter are included, and an all-black model is also available. With any luck, and with the volume up, it will get enough curious stares to help you break the ice with at least one hot beach babe. Or beach...
...facility, recreational facilities, and a beautiful courtyard. Moreover, the dining hall staff in particular play an essential role in community life developing close relationships with all the students while working tirelessly to create events that stimulate interaction. Essential to any intellectual experience at any level is the need for curious human beings to be able to reflect upon their own beliefs in light of the opinions of others very different from them...
...camera a few feet from JonBenet's resting place. For three days, they mounted round-the-clock surveillance from the window of a nearby high school, hoping to overhear a graveside confession from one of the many mourners who trooped by. But the effort netted little more than curious gawkers--and a salesman who signed up an elderly couple for a nearby burial plot...