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...pulled out of a tour of Australia and New Zealand. She called Mulovhedzi, who ran a choir she often booked. Within a month, they auditioned hundreds of singers from Soweto, picked 32 and recorded an album to accompany the tour. It topped the Billboard world-music chart in a matter of days. Then came sold-out tours of the U.S., Europe and Asia; Grammies for their next two albums, Blessed and African Spirit; concerts and recordings with stars like Bono and Robert Plant; and private shows for Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela. So great was the demand that the choir...
...ages, but the notion that the solution is the defilement of a popular character’s sole characteristic is pointless and ineffective. Following this same line of thinking, Oscar the Grouch ought to go through a happy streak, one that would hopefully overcome childhood depression, (for that matter Oscar needs to stop living in a trash can; the number of kids following his example there is on the rise...
...it’s worth it to invest their time. A lot of Harvard students say, “Yeah, I’m opposed to the war but does the fact that I’m coming out on a rainy Wednesday to support a peace walk matter at all?” In some ways, Harvard students are too mature for their own good. Perhaps students have lost a bit of the idealism that has characterized previous generations and is what college students of the ’60s and ’70s have criticized our generation...
...Don’t worry, Alyssa, everyone fails their first time.” Yes, yes they do. It didn’t mean I was a bad driver. There was nothing to be embarrassed about. Of course I was disappointed, but it didn’t matter. I would have my license in no time.My next test was scheduled for me through my Driver’s Ed program. It was early January, and there were huge piles of mud-stained snow lining the roads. Louis, my instructor, drove with me all the way down to the Bronx...
...first point of disagreement arose as the students debated on the effectiveness of President Bush’s troop surge last year. “The simplest answer ought to be that is just hasn’t worked,” Krahel said. “No matter how many facts show that the surge is successful on a basic statistical sense, Iraqis are still fine with the killing of American troops, and if this is true, the surge just isn’t working.” But the Republicans said they saw things differently, describing the military...