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...strengths are coming up with catchy melodies and placing them in a coherent, strong structure. Ideally, people should be able to hum along to my songs as they leave the theater," Cohen wrote in an e-mail message...
...only warning is that these tunes are catchy; I often hum them to myself unknowingly--sometimes knowingly--and I know several others who do the same...
Beanie Babies? Ho-hum. Tamagotchis? No way. This year's toy craze could well be the Game Boy game Pokemon ($30), which challenges kids to collect up to 150 funny-looking creatures with names like Charmeleon and Squirtle while traveling through a mazelike virtual landscape. Each Pokemon has different strengths and can help players capture more creatures in battle. With more than 9 million Pokemon games sold in Japan, Nintendo is betting that U.S. kids will be equally impressed...
...these security measures--ho-hum to Israelis who subconsciously stock up on food and hourly update themselves on the news--are worth mention now as the international picture continues to look more threatening. With governmental woes stretching from the United States to Russia, much of Southeast Asia in revolt or under water and North Korea sending a little surprise birthday present Japan's way, perhaps professors in other parts of the world will also start sitting quietly after a loud backfire and listening for sirens. Living in the half-century of truly global war, and a decade of unprecedented terrorist...
This notwithstanding, the program was hardly highbrow. Dishes clattered in the background, buses drove by on Bennett St., and a hum of chatter from passers by limited any serious attempt to appreciate the music...