Word: dismissals
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...something to do with being short on cash and long on melanin, but Johnny Cash, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Charlie Musselwhite proved that you don't have to be poor and black to play the blues; you just have to be soulful and expressive. So you shouldn't dismiss the new blues cover albums by Eric Clapton and Aerosmith simply because both acts are richer, whiter and scarier to look at than Dick Cheney. Clapton's blues credentials are impeccable; he first played with Sonny Boy Williamson in 1963, and his worship of Delta legends Buddy Guy and B.B. King...
...issue of such sweeping importance got its first hearing behind closed doors—without even a hint to the student body—and we have deep hesitations regarding many of the ill-conceived details present or absent in the proposal itself. But we are not willing to dismiss it out of hand. We support this referendum in principle because a vote of all students should determine the council’s position on decisions of such significance, and we hope the full council does as well when it takes up the measure on Sunday...
Amit R. Paley ’04, who was president of The Crimson when the suit was filed last year, said the ruling to dismiss was premature. He said the decision deprived The Crimson of the chance to enter its evidence in a trial...
...intellectually diverse is misguided. I’ll end with one word of caution—Palmer shouldn’t fall into the trap of the radcons and the ultra-conservatives who group everyone on “the left” together and wholly dismiss them. From the content of Palmer’s class and the nature of Palmer’s response to Kavulla’s challenge, it seems he might...
...both good team defense and strong goaltending have been the case of late for Harvard, giving the team confidence as it approaches its series against a team that already holds two in-hand over Harvard. But that’s something Mazzoleni is quick to dismiss...