Word: instrument
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...simply says her aim is to make quality astrology available to the public. "Anyone can call himself an astrologer," she says. "My work is based on mathematics and the rotation of the planets. You make a diagnosis the way a doctor makes a diagnosis. Psychics don't use any instrument; they just give their impressions...
...book that is, in at least one crucial respect, the antithesis of The Shipping News. Accordion Crimes has no central character, unless that term is stretched to include a 19-button green accordion that is brought by its Sicilian maker to New Orleans in the early 1890s. This instrument spends roughly the next 100 years--and the entire novel--drifting haphazardly into the possession of different people or, more precisely, members of different immigrant groups struggling to establish themselves in the U.S. After the accordion maker (who, somewhat portentously, is always called that, even though Proulx gives...
Wynton Marsalis is leading a revolution of tradition. While many of his contemporaries play bland but best-selling smooth jazz and jazz-fusion, Marsalis champions core values: master the instrument, study the greats such as Monk and Ellington and dress and comport yourself with the dignity the music deserves. Though the battle for the music's soul goes on, the success of other young jazz stars in the '90s, from saxophonist Joshua Redman to pianist Eric Reed, is proof of Marsalis' influence. "I've played 150 concerts a year for 15 years," he says. "It helped to rebuild the jazz...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: An Air Force inquiry has concluded that the April 3 crash of Secretary Ron Brown's plane in Croatia was the result of "failure of command, aircrew error and an improperly-designed instrument approach procedure." In a 22-volume, 7,000 page report, investigators concluded that all three factors were necessary for the accident to occur. The report said the plane should never have been allowed to land at Dubrovnik, because it was not equipped to handle the airport's 1930's-era navigational landing system. In addition, the pilots were not properly trained for landing at civilian...
...Harvard community may be more of an ideal than a reality, for Harvard undoubtedly means many different things to many of its students. And while Harvard's essence may lie in the expression of its ideals, for some, and perhaps for too many, the Harvard degree is an instrument to a paycheck...