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...Beethoven, the more you realize that he covers the whole range of human emotions.”To an extent, he blames public schooling for the lack of music appreciation among youth.“When I was growing up, you had your own orchestra in third, fourth, fifth grade,” he says. “You could rent an instrument and you would play. Now the public schools can’t afford that. They don’t have art. They don’t have shit.”In such a world, Harris hopes...
...quite know what else to do. Not that he isn’t a great party guy or anything. The album’s opening track, “Shakedown,” has a simple, stomping, horn-based beat (think Scott Storch in the third grade) that leaves plenty of space for Akon’s ultra-smooth tenor to fill. He does an exciting job until the gunshot repeating in the background starts shoving its way forward, breaking up the fun. “Blown Away” continues to favor toughness over...
...other college guides because authors Josh J. Cracraft ’03 and Kimberly S. W. Holmes ’05 recently lived through this bloodsucking world of Harvard. Their absence from campus for the last few years lead to some errors in the information presented (for instance, grade point averages are no longer on a 15 point scale), but these mistakes can be found in all college guides...
...System (MCAS) tests and indicates how close the district is to proficiency in all studies on a 100-point scale. Results were released for the English language arts, mathematics, and science exams. From 2005 to 2006, the district boasted gains in all of these test areas except the 7th-grade English language arts exam, where the district lost 2.9 points, bringing the index to 79.8. Despite the overall improvement, some schools have failed to meet progress benchmarks for several consecutive years and remain designated for “corrective action” and “restructuring” under...
...When Brooks did return to Hollywood, most of the town considered her anathema. Wellman did supposedly offer the role eventually taken by Jean Harlow in The Public Enemy, but Brooks says she turned it down. Instead, she made a Grade-Z short, Windy Riles Goes Hollywood, directed by the disgraced Fatty Arbuckle, then made a few more furtive, insultingly small appearances in movies. Sometimes her scenes were cut out of the film. She ended her career staring up at Wayne in Overland Stage Raiders and seemingly out of her element, her refeened voice clashing with the homey cliches...