Word: fitful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Monk's lifework of 57 compositions is a diabolical and witty self-portrait, a string of stark snapshots of his life in New York. Changing meters, unique harmonies and oddly voiced chords create the effect of a desperate conversation in some other language, a fit of drunken laughter, a shout from a park at night. His melodies make mocking twins of naivete and cynicism, of ridicule and fond memory. Ruby, My Dear and Nutty are likably simple; Off Minor and Trinkle Tinkle are so complex that among pianists only Monk and his early protege, Bud Powell, have been able...
...kind of modified council advocated its freedom from the pretensions and responsibilities "representation of the student body implies." It was obvious then, and it remains true now, that the Harvard student body does not want to be (and cannot be) "represented." The community is too individualistic and pluralistic to fit into any neat constituencies. Few students want someone else to talk for them...
...Because I can't fit them all through my nose...
...world as well as service at the altar. For Chicago's growing population of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans, it operates a neighborhood house, complete with medical and dental clinics and a job-referral program. It set a team of educators to writing new Sunday-school texts that would fit the educational and cultural backgrounds of impoverished urban children. The society's mission extends to all levels of the city: it sponsors a middle-income housing program, backs a thriving Christian drama group, has two workers on the staff of big corporations studying the relationship of Christian ethics...
...Administration should also remember that nothing has more impact on the success of a House than its Master. The President should begin the selection of the Tenth House Master immediately. Once chosen, the new Master should be allowed to help model his House after his own tastes and to fit his personality...