Word: gracefully
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wolf River, singer Jeff Buckley had every reason to feel buoyed by good fortune. At 30 he was signed to Columbia Records--the home of Bob Dylan and Miles Davis--and had just settled into a cozy old house in town to begin recording a follow-up to Grace, his powerful 1994 debut. That album, a darkly romantic and stunningly original blend of folk, blues and alternative rock, had earned Buckley a reputation as a superstar in the making, much as Greetings from Asbury Park did for Bruce Springsteen in 1973. Buckley's rise was tinged with poignancy. Success promised...
...father only once, at age 8. Tim Buckley left home the year his son was born, a fact that may have fueled the melancholy, beauty and despair that swirled within Jeff's songs. In one of his own final acts of grace, Buckley said to a close friend, "Remember that I forgive my father, and I just have to move on." He seemed to be doing just that when he was pulled under...
...tell my students that whatever they're going to do, they're going to end up writing a bunch of things for somebody because they're a Harvard student," Gewanter says. "It's thought nationally that somebody from Harvard can write clearly and with grace...
Halfnight, Ferrari and captain-elect Jeremiah McCarthy patrolled the blue line, while Prestifilippo's 3.18 goals against average kept Harvard in games and on numerous occasions was the team's saving grace...
Everyone knew junior Brian Ralph could play center field with anyone in the Ivy League. He used his speed and grace to make many a difficult catch look like a can of corn during his first two seasons with the Crimson...