Word: marines
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...mercados claves. Al mismo tiempo, donantes corporativos como Ford y Coca-Cola le agradecen que hable lenguaje que ellos entienden: resultados por la inversi?n. The Lilly Endowment, una fundaci?n filantr?pica privada, qued? tan impresionada que le don? un cheque de $50 millones. Celebridades como Jeff Garc?a y Cheech Marin se han unido a la junta de HSF. ?El resultado? 7,500 estudiantes tienen acceso a una parte de los casi $30 millones que la fundaci?n entrega en becas cada a?o. Pero esto, seg?n Mart?nez Tucker, es s?lo el comienzo. La profesional desea incrementar para el 2010, la proporci?n de hispanos...
Most children have to be燿ragged to the symphony. When Marin Alsop's parents took her to see Leonard Bernstein, she went nuts. She was 9 years old. "It's a little weird, isn't it?" she says. "But when I saw Bernstein conduct, I was like, Aha! He's having such a good time, he's jumping around, and he's in charge. I think that's what...
...opinion it finally hired a female harpist. Among the top 75 symphony orchestras in the U.S., there are still only three female conductors. "The last domain of gender within the music business is the position of conductor," says Deborah Borda, president of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. "Somebody like Marin is a real pioneer." Alsop is philosophical about the problem. "I think it's purely the fact that people are not used to it," she says...
...followed the sport. Said one admirer: "I don't know what God looks like, but I know what He sounds like." In 1977 his daughter, Cyra McFadden, created a literary stir with her first novel. The Serial, a wry look at some laid-back suburban lives in California's Marin County. There was not much in this book, frankly, to attract die-hard rodeo fans. On the other hand, it seems fair to assume that most of those who bought and enjoyed The Serial had never heard of Cy Taillon...
...turn back the fire along two mountain-ridge roads. More than 150 fire engines and crews numbering in the hundreds lined the paths. "This is where m we're staying put, we hope," said Tim Exline, acting fire chief of the town of Corte Madera in Northern California's Marin County. "We're going to make a helluva stand." Home after home was saved during the night. Said one man whose house remained standing: "Have you ever heard a tree explode? It's like a bullwhip. I was scared to death...