Word: hammonds
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From my work place on the Hill, I could see the Capitol. When I went to other offices, to meetings, to seminars, I would look out the window and there it would be—the Capitol. Not the fake image they stick behind Darryl Hammond or whoever happens to be playing the president now on “Saturday Night Live,” but the actual Capitol dome. And when I looked at it, from home or work, I felt lighter, happier, inspired. I know it sounds hackneyed, but the more I lived in Washington, and the more...
...their songs to the commercialized Woodstocks that have popped up across Europe recently. Promoters love festivals, which draw a broader, larger audience by mixing old and new acts. One example is the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland (July 24-29), which has old-timers (Kool and the Gang, John Hammond) and younger artists (Kelis, Ash) in the program. Also keep an ear out for emerging artists who use festivals as a chance to introduce themselves to new audiences. "We'll be playing music that thousands of people haven't ever heard," says Julian Casablancas, lead singer of the Strokes...
APRIL 28--At the White House Correspondents' Dinner, SNL's Darrell Hammond presents Bush with a baseball glove, saying he always wanted to play catch with a President. After the dinner, he claims Bush's spokesman told him to call the following week...
...some of the career switchers getting into a tougher environment than they bargained for? While the alternative-certification programs are attracting smart and knowledgeable individuals accustomed to hard work, Stanford education professor Linda Darling-Hammond says many of these new teachers are just not prepared for the chaos of the classroom. "Some of these programs are putting lawyers off Wall Street in elementary-school classrooms where they lecture to children who are climbing on the desks," she says. "You are taking a big crapshoot with the lives of the kids...
...some of the career switchers getting into a tougher environment than they bargained for? While the alternative-certification programs are attracting smart and knowledgeable individuals accustomed to hard work, Stanford education professor Linda Darling-Hammond says many of these new teachers are just not prepared for the chaos of the classroom. "Some of these programs are putting lawyers off Wall Street in elementary-school classrooms where they lecture to children who are climbing on the desks," she says. "You are taking a big crapshoot with the lives of the kids...