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...Huskies didn't disappoint in the opening stanzas of the game, either. Paced by the solid mixed-bag pitching of Forneiro, the fourth man in the squad's rotation, Northeastern held the Crimson hitless through four innings...
...rest of the album does not disappoint: Cercie's clear, confidentlines, remarkably rich sound and often gritty playing drives the band on throughout, whether in the organ-accompanied tribute to saxist Stanley Turrentine, "The Blue Note," or when mixing with guest trumpeter Tiger Okoshi on "Fax Your Life...
...While it may disappoint some readers of China Boy, Lee's new book, Honor & Duty (Knopf; 425 pages; $23), demonstrates that he made the right career move. The novel picks up Kai's story in 1964, when he arrives at West Point to honor his father's wish that he become a professional soldier. As a plebe, Kai is once again subjected to brutal treatment, and as America steps up its involvement in Vietnam, he again must struggle to reconcile the Asian and the American aspects of his identity...
...concert booking. First, avoid unreliable and shady concert promoters, In other words, do the booking personally, And, second, when dealing with booking agents, find a popular band with a reasonable pricetag and pay the full price. Don't give the band or the band's manager a reason to disappoint eager students...
...Summer House isn't really a funny movie, though it is often wry, sometimes wise and generally genial. It is, more than anything, a rather sober meditation on life's tendency to disappoint. "I had hoped to die young," says Lili (Jeanne Moreau), "but now it's too late." Scarves aflutter, jewelry ajangle, her hair aflame with henna, she has just breezed in from Egypt and a past everyone once shared along the Nile. She copes by constant movement, outrageous talk and copious quantities of alcohol and tobacco. Monica (Julie Walters), the divorced mother of the bride, is all domestic...