Word: grounds
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Before this change, only the Porcellian club, the oldest of the institutions, had comparable restrictions. The Porcellian does not allow open parties, and non-members are permitted only to enter a small "bicycle room" on the club's ground floor...
...returned to their rock and roll roots. From Chris Robinson's swanky, Jaggeresque strut to their soulful infusion of the Hammond B-3 organ and backup choir, the Black Crowes are rocking harder than ever. In their war against pop radio, the Crowes are indeed holding--if not gaining--ground. Maybe the Rolling Stones said it best with, "It's only rock and roll but I like it." On behalf of the standing room only audience, the Black Crowes, and the hordes of other steadfast rockers, I must agree...
Baricco attempts to take the reader to a fantasy world along with the characters, and at times his haunting style does create an ocean-like rhythm. But when the inn elevates from the ground and disappears on the final page, the reader is left unsatisfied and even unsure of what thebook was all about in the first place...
Often what a band needs before it can hit the top is a horizontal starting ground, a debut album that does not say much but that provides a place from which to grow. Snakefarm's Songs from My Funeral is not an instant hit but is promising. The lyrics are repetitive and the music rarely has any build. The combination of techno and hip hop bass sounds and weak, yearning vocals create an odd combination of folk and pop that, although successful at moments, mostly put a listener to sleep. The inability to commit to one genre even within each...
...opening its doors to men, the institute is taking the high ground on the issue of gender discrimination. The days of sex-based exclusion on the part of both Harvard and Radcliffe are long over. Gone are the days when Lamont was closed to Cliffies, and the Bunting Institute has realized that it too must change with the times...