Word: landmarks
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...Jersey, remain perpetually mired, unable to arrive at a new formula, but most have begun emphasizing the notion of "adequacy," making sure each student receives a minimum spending level but allowing towns to collect extra funds for their own use. Vermont's supreme court, however, standing on the landmark 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision, ruled that the state had to go another step toward equity by creating a statewide property tax (Kansas is the only other state to have one) and ensuring that such levies are shared...
MILES DAVIS (1926-1991) Kind of Blue, Davis' landmark 1959 recording with John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley, was the apotheosis of Cool Jazz. Distilling the music to an almost bare essence, Davis and arranger Bill Evans created a lean, sensuous sound that broke with the intensity of bebop and attracted thousands of new listeners to jazz. Davis' warm, amber tone was the model for a generation of trumpeters...
Rodgers was always keen on breaking new ground. Many believe Pal Joey (1940), the story of the emcee of a sleazy nightclub, to be a landmark musical. With its unscrupulous leading character and bitingly realistic view of life, the show moved the musical-comedy format into more serious territory. But even as Rodgers and Hart were taking the musical to new levels, their partnership was becoming increasingly strained. Hart was a serious drinker, and by the time of his last collaboration with Rodgers, By Jupiter in 1942, he was virtually an alcoholic. Rodgers was desperate. No one was more forthcoming...
...while Square preservationists may lament the closing of several landmark Cambridge institutions, newcomers to the Square this year say their businesses are thriving...
Even after the landmark 1977 deal in which Radcliffe achieved equal access to Harvard's classrooms and facilities for female undergraduates, somehow there was more confusion, not less...