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...from free of its ancient demons. Protestants still take to the streets every Aug. 12 to celebrate the lifting of the Derry siege, and Irish Republican Army guerrilla activity continues sporadically. But Derry residents are proud of their progress and believe it relevant?to some degree, at least???to the rest of the troubled province, "Derry is a microcosm; Derry is what the whole thing is about," says John Hume, 41, a founding member of the Catholic majority party. "What we want to show is that the boot is not on the other foot?that whatever power...
...school's problems those of society: more broken homes, more two-income families with no one to mind the children and?not least???less reverence for the written word. Concern about poor writing has turned up even at the best U.S. private schools. Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass whose standard curriculum includes three years of a foreign language, math up to calculus and intensive writing was driven by what Headmaster Theodore Sizer describes as the "video generation" to introduce an English competence course five years ago. In it, students are drilled in basic sentence structure four hours a week...
There has been a flourishing in instrumentation too. Anything that whistles or bleats has been electrified?flute, string bass, tenor sax. There are wah-wah pedals on trombones, electronic keyboards, Moog Synthesizers, Mini Moogs, Micro-Mini Moogs, and last ?and perhaps least???the Alembic Bass with Instant Flanger.* The new machinery is just one more example of how jazz keeps expanding. Says Deejay Charlie Perkins of Boston's WBUR, "Jazz is borrowing the whole electrical thing...
Despite such assurances, Nixon had ?temporarily at least???turned the long and tortured conflict in Southeast Asia into...
...friend." Generally, Charles dates friends of Princess Anne or daughters of his mother's friends, and it may well be that his wife will be chosen from this tiny circle. There are no European princesses about who seem to be the right age, and he is?in theory at least???free to marry just about anyone as long as she is an undivorced member of the Church of England...