Word: musician
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...them male homosexuals who contracted the disease through sexual contact. Such slender evidence is often taken as proof by desperate members of the homosexual community that they can overcome AIDS. "When people ask me what I do for a living," says Michael Callen, 33, a New York City musician who was discovered to have AIDS almost six years ago, "I say, 'Surviving is what...
...regard this as World War III," says Marberger. "I'm fighting it with every resource I have." Indeed, each of these men, in his own way, has found reserves of courage and strength in the battle against the virus. For New York Musician Callen, the battle is providing a new sense of purpose. He admits that he is "happier than I have ever been. I hate being sick, but I don't have time to be obsessed about death." It is an attitude that provides a glimmer of hope amid the devastation being wrought by AIDS...
Another problem with the index is that it applies only to athletes. A talented musician or the child of an alumnus who falls slightly below the cutoff point still has a good chance of being admitted to an Ivy school, but a talented athlete with the same scores cannot. According to Cingiser, there have been times when basketball players who fell below the cutoff point could not be recruited by Brown even though they would have been admitted if they weren't athletes...
...situation on Brattle Street is equally gloomy. The use of amplification by Cambridge street musicians is governed by a Catch-22-style clause in the Cambridge City Ordinance which states that a musician wanting to use amplification must first obtain permission from the DTP. Since the DTP stubbornly (and I mean with hostility) refuses to grant such permission, a street musician using amplification along Brattle Street risks harrassment, arrest, fines and permit revocation. [In my case, the Cambridge Police have repeatedly shut me down and threatened me with arrest when I've attempted to perform on the traffic island between...
During the performance, Carter occasionally entertained the audience with bits of humor. After announcing that the song he was to play, "Summer Serenade," had just been recorded by another musician, Carter remarked, "At a few cents an album, that's always good news...