Word: mainstream
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Speaking of small budgets--do you prefer working in independent film projects or more mainstream productions...
Before the Barenaked Ladies hit the big time, Boston's favorite sons, the Mighty, Mighty Bosstones, were overplayed on KISS 107.9 and introduced the mainstream radio audience to ska. Rub elbows with these musical pioneers at Tower Records, as they accept a star on the landing (formerly known as the Walk of Fame). Probability of scoring an autograph? Pretty high, knock on wood. Tower Records, 360 Newbury St., 247-5900. FREE...
...topic of regionalism, for example, is outside the mainstream of Harvard concerns, and no doubt should be. Still, at a time when various forms of regionalism--both supra-national and sub-national--are commanding increasing attention around the world, it is surprising how convinced Americans remain that our Civil War settled the question of regionalism once and for all. To me, as to many westerners, a course on challenges to American national identity would naturally include some discussion of place-based or regional challenges, but this is clearly not what brings most students to the course. Racial and ethnic strains...
...said those who "are somehow different from mainstream culture" will often have their voices left out of history...
...life of the church over the years," says TIME religion correspondent David Van Biema. "The clergy is very careful in its response, because they represent a challenge but also a tremendous reinvigoration of faith." Although some instances -- such as the apparition at Fatima in Portugal in 1917 -- have entered mainstream doctrine, hundreds more each year fail to win the church's seal of approval. Fowler plans to move to Florida next month. Beatification may have to wait a while...