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...office, as might some mob out of control, its own leader. It seems like good sport, but with deadly consequences for Harvard and liberal universities everywhere. Who would want to succeed University President Lawrence H. Summers, or indeed even teach at or attend a place so disconnected from its glorious past? When will some new delcared truth entrap our next leader...
...Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, chairman of the Budget Committee, who opposed each measure with the wry frustration of a man attempting to juggle Jell-O. Norm Coleman, Republican of Minnesota, wanted to restore block grants for cities. "I could tell you story after story," he said about the glorious effects of federal dough. "If we start funding all the stories," Gregg responded, "we're going to run out of money." Ted Kennedy then rose, bristling with charts and graphs, to beg restoration of $5.4 billion for public education. "If money were the answer," Gregg sighed, "Washington, D.C., would have...
...effect, even when heavy-handed, is glorious. With the Blur albums, there’s just too much a sense that the band members are all winking at each other from opposite sides of the studio. What tries to be charming and humorous ends up coming across as (to use the local vernacular) snarky...
CHRIS: But what comes off as glorious effect on Blur’s albums comes through the traipsing over generations of important British rock preceding them: you must remember that when a band so ostentatiously channels John and Paul’s heart and soul, or Jagger’s swagger, they are implicitly placing themselves among these influences, and as a result most bands don’t dare to reach back in such earnest...
...double trombone concerto with wind ensemble accompaniment ensued, with the soloists walking along the map of the T. At every major junction, such as Park Street, the composer narrated a brief tourist-guide blurb regarding the history and interest of that point in the city, culminating in a glorious explosion of sound surrounding the arrival of the soloists at Harvard Square...