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...entertain they did--playing the tunes of the sixties and seventies that defined Kerry and Clinton's generation, from "Blowin' in the Wind" to "Teach Your Children Well" to "Puff the Magic Dragon...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Facing The Future or Reaching For the Past? | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

Precinct warden Annie Scanlon, who brought a portable television to entertain herself, said "I've been here for [43] years, and I don't remember anything like this...

Author: By David L. Greene and Flora Tartakovsky, S | Title: Wolf Wins State Rep. Primary | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

...word university comes from the Latin word for whole. The word diversity, on the other hand, stems from the word divert, which means "to turn aside from a course or direction," "to distract" and "to amuse or entertain." Diversity is as false, fragmentary and shallow as liberal education is true, whole and deep. Let us not be diverted from what is good by what is fashionable...

Author: By Daniel Choi, | Title: In Defense of Liberal Education | 9/16/1996 | See Source »

Competition for television viewers is keen, and anchors must balance their reporter's instinct with the need to entertain viewers...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, | Title: A Midwesterner In Harvard Yard | 6/5/1996 | See Source »

...even bigger offense: Michael's album is just plain boring. None of the songs move much faster than a beverage cart down the cramped aisle of a passenger airplane. Faith, Michael's first solo album, was appealing partly because he seemed to be working so hard to entertain us--songs like Hard Day featured sweaty, muscular dance rhythms; ballads like One More Try had amusingly earnest vocals. Michael's new songs are too concerned with seriousness and maturity to break a sweat. In his attempt to make music that's restrained, adult and timeless, he's instead crafted songs that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: OLDER BUT NOT WISER | 6/3/1996 | See Source »

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