Word: joel
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...disappointed by Joel Stein's supposedly humorous essay "What's Next ... with the Amish" [Oct. 24]. The piece had the potential to be informative and insightful about issues facing the Amish--particularly the use of new technology in the community. Stein, however, simply resorted to disrespectful "jokes." Just as it is inappropriate to poke fun at any ethnic minority, it is distasteful to do so with the Amish...
...Billy Joel River of Dreams (Columbia). The Piano Man time-travels through a song cycle that begins on the emotional edge and ends baptized in hope. Totally '90s in its preoccupation with angst and property values, River also revives a pop era when hooks were called melodies and a strong man could show a sweet side...
...heart of CHC's success has been Sok and Goldfeld's synergistic partnership. "Thim without Anne is just another local NGO leader struggling to start an organization," says Joel Charny, a former member of the CHC board. "Anne without Thim is a Harvard researcher without the connections to get things done." Today CHC is adapting its TB program for Cambodia's growing HIV problem and launching ambitious clinical trials, led by Goldfeld, that will study how to treat patients simultaneously suffering from both diseases. This is CHC at its best--harnessing grassroots programs to find answers to vital medical questions...
...Vote for Pedro” shirts, skated to music from the popular movie. The routine was replete with one skater’s emulation of the movie’s main character, complete with a curly wig. Winthrop sophomore Meghan C. McCullough ’08 and her partner Joel Dear—the 2005 Eastern Sectional Junior Dance champions—also performed. Two-time U.S. National Champion and 2001 World Junior Champion Johnny Weir was slated to perform but was unable to appear due to health reasons...
...notice that the wind often makes more noise than the turbine." Still, Invenergy, the firm that will develop Mackinaw Power's part of the western Michigan initiative, often pays homeowners who live near its turbines $800 to $1,000 a year in compensation, says Invenergy's senior development manager, Joel Link. As for the putative threat to scenery posed by towering turbines, wind-power supporters point out that tourists often flock to wind farms. But such arguments aren't likely to defuse the growing conflict in Oceana County. "People also come to look at train wrecks," retorts Ted Cuchna, president...