Word: instrumentals
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...seemingly euphemistic definitions, I am gradually won over by the speaker's authenticity and enthusiasm. I learn the history of the turntable, how the first DJ was a certified electrician combing NYC junkyards for spare parts. I learn about beatboxing, the art of using one's body as an instrument...
...seemingly euphemistic definitions, I am gradually won over by the speaker's authenticity and enthusiasm. I learn the history of the turntable, how the first DJ was a certified electrician combing NYC junkyards for spare parts. I learn about beatboxing, the art of using one's body as an instrument...
...nightmares. The concert continued with a virtuoso marimba solo, "Velocities" by Joseph Schwantner. Schwantner, a composer-in-residence at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, has undoubtedly made a fine contribution to the contemporary marimba literature with this visionary piece, which used the entire instrument. At one point, Schwantner asks the marimbist to play on the very end of the bars, creating a thin, pitched wooden sound...
Vouchers' supporters see them as a revolutionary instrument--capable, in the short run, of rescuing poor kids from bad public schools and, in the long term, of forcing that education system to compete in a free market. But critics say vouchers will destroy the public schools by turning them into repositories for America's unwilling, or unwanted, schoolchildren. And they say that voucher programs, especially ones that include religious schools, will Balkanize America by abandoning its common core of teachings and traditions...
...better than building another mansion in Aspen. And throwing money at a problem, contrary to popular wisdom, generally does help solve it. As Forstmann strides into the room like the Master of the Universe he is (he has made a fortune buying up Gulfstream Aerospace, Dr Pepper and General Instrument, among others), I'm prepared to give the attention due a dealmaker bringing his can-do attitude to social problems. Remember the appeal of Ross Perot's tinkering under the hood of government? "You get mediocrity in a monopoly when the worst teacher is treated like the best," says Forstmann...