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...What about all the graphic sex, violence, consumption of booze and drugs, and use of foul language? Our kids see those behaviors and imitate them. So why worry only about the smoking? I would rather see the smoking and get rid of the rest of the filth. John Gleason, Grand Rapids, Michigan...
Three hours to go before the evening's performance and something isn't right. Sitting at a grand piano in St. George's concert hall in Bristol, England, on May 12, Derek Paravicini tears through a rehearsal of The Flight of the Bumblebee, his fingers skittering across the piano keys. The musicians in the Emerald Ensemble orchestra feed off his energy and manage to keep up the pace, but it all sounds a bit off. After several stops and starts, the conductor discovers the problem: the orchestra and the star have been practicing different versions of the same piece...
...Crimson began the day well with strong performances in the morning heats that guaranteed every boat a place in the Grand Final for its respective event, and earned a number of victories in the afternoon finals to win the Rowe Cup for the best overall team, as well as the Ivy League title...
...constant: Radcliffe, like George and Wheezy before them, kept moving on up. By the end of the day, the team had done the Jeffersons proud, attaining six total medals at EARC Eastern Sprints. In the heavyweight division, the Black and White put all six of its boats in the Grand Final, passing through numerous heats to notch a gold in the third varsity B four competition, silvers in the varsity A four and second varsity eight, and a bronze for the second novice eight boat. The varsity eight finished just out of medal position in fourth. For the lightweights...
Although four out of five of boats made their way into the afternoon’s Grand Finals, only the second freshmen boat took a first-place finish, with the varsity taking a particularly surprising pummelling after a pre-event first-place seeding, which remained intact through the morning heats...