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...you’re able to do that, stepping into a role that’s prescribed for you on stage is nothing.” Unsure whether or not he wanted to devote his life to the stage, Hill decided against attending a conservatory after high school in favor of a liberal arts education. The path has not always been clear, as he bounced from physics to linguistics to literature, but Hill now notes that much of his studies have been related to theater. Hill considered going directly into a graduate program for theater performance but now plans...
...Though “Cop in the Hood” is a work of sociology at its core, Moskos chooses to de-emphasize statistical methodology in favor of anecdotal evidence. It may make the book less scientific, but Moskos’ storytelling also makes it entertaining and valuable in its own right. He describes how dealers invent creative names for their wares, including “Red Tops,” “Body Bag,” and “Capone,” each one differentiating his product as if he were selling candy bars. Moskos...
...that frame, the teams traded shots, Harvard taking nine and Yale taking seven, and alternated groundball pickups, 7-8. The same was true in the second period from which the teams emerged locked in a very close battle, with the score 5-4 in favor of the Bulldogs...
...national poll conducted by the Institute of Politics (IOP) showed that among young voters, Illinois Senator and Harvard Law School graduate Barack Obama is favored by a margin of more than two-to-one in the Democratic presidential race. The online survey, administered to 2,452 young people around the country, found that 70 percent of youth between the ages of 18 and 24 who plan to vote for a Democratic candidate in the November general election prefer Obama, whereas 30 percent favor New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. The margin has dramatically increased since an October IOP poll, in which...
...convinced by claims of the record industry’s imminent demise. “The music industry will survive, but in what form?” As consumer spending shifts from albums to live shows, Gawley said, celebrities like Jay-Z have left their record labels in favor of all-inclusive contracts with concert promoters such as LiveNation. These promoters purchase the rights to an artist’s entire profitable output—CDs, tours, T-shirts, and even collectible bobblehead dolls—for one lump sum. Gawley predicts that record companies will ultimately embrace...