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...exact same setup. I unplugged minewhen it happened and took it apart...I was scaredcause it was right next to my bench," said MichaelI. Schwartz `96. "People were in shock fromhearing the explosion...
Purging is probably not the exact word either of them would use for it; minutes into Finley's first monologue, she is "bleeding and puking on your mauve living room" because she finds no other way of rousing us from our apathy: "hello America, no answer, hello society, no answer...no more comfort." References to the Rodney King riots, the Clarence Thomas trial and the William Kennedy affair back up her mournful claim that "this is the the age of reverse." Even in her more humorous moments, she refuses to compromise her political sensibility: "I want all girl bands...
...Pavarotti have some other things in common -- among them sound technique and astute judgment in knowing what to sing and, more important, what to avoid. Technically, both are masters of breath control; both know how to "mark," that is, rehearse at half-voice and still give the conductor an exact idea of how their performance will sound at full volume. Singers who can't do that wear themselves out in preparation. Just as important, both have a personality that draws crowds, and both command a larger-than-life persona that turns fans into true believers. Finally, both are rich; each...
Officers Philip Murphy and Patrick Griffin fought in the fracas, said sources, who could not name the exact cause of the dispute...
...exact number, ultimately obtained from Associate Registrar Gayle E. Merrithew, totaled...