Word: moderns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much of the show, we watched performers in costumes dance "traditional" programs that could be centuries--or weeks--old. We had no way to know. Such ignorance is dangerous because without context we are likely to conflate the students' portrayal of their culture's historical heritage with their own modern-day selves...
...contrast, the French Club's modern French rap performance at this year's show was particularly refreshing. One club member began the performance by coming on stage wearing a beret and carrying a loaf of bread. He immediately dashed both to the ground, grabbing instead a microphone and starting to rap. His implicit statement: yes, berets and French bread define one part of my heritage, but don't think that you completely "understand" my sense of identity or me. Rather, he chose to show us the influence that hip-hop music and culture have had on his identity. If other...
...much of the show, we watched performers in costumes dance "traditional" programs that could be centuries--or weeks--old. We had no way to know. Such ignorance is dangerous because without context we are likely to conflate the students' portrayal of their culture's historical heritage with their own modern-day selves...
...explained his theory that modern American society, having killed off its greatest heroes--John F. Kennedy '40, Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy '48--needs something new, to draw us together: a "heroic idea...
...chairman cited for his prediction was what he called "worker depletion." Full employment has created a scarcity of labor in a number of sectors, explains Baumohl, and that shortage could cause a small rise in wage inflation this year. Having engineered one of the most remarkable economies of modern times, Greenspan now finds himself in the ironic position of working to ensure that success doesn't defeat itself...