Word: musicians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...news that Ms. Taylor ("Bev" to her many singers) is soon to leave Harvard/Radcliffe. Others, who have observed the administrative indecision over contract negotiations during these past three years, must now accept the failure of their efforts to secure a long-term commitment from Harvard for this talented musician, patient teacher and outstanding person...
Sanders rose from utter obscurity to relative fame when he joined John Coltrane's group in 1965 and began to scandalize and thrill audiences with his cataclysmic solos whose language was not melody but pure sound. Recordings from this period reveal a relentlessly experimental musician who can create fascinating textures with a seemingly infinite array of barks, yelps, squeals, buzzes, gurgles, and passionate cries. The grandiose scale of Coltrane's musical vision inspired Sanders to try and reach transcendence as he improvised for twenty or thirty minutes on compositions with names like "Peace on Earth" and "Love...
...acting honors in "Some Like It Hot," however, belong to Lemmon. Wilder referred to Lemmon as a ham, and here it works to the film's advantage. Lemmon's complete surrender to his role, his willingness to look absolutely ridiculous, mirrors the comedy of the musician's giving in to the pleasures of being a woman. Daphne loves wearing the clothes, and loves the attention she gets from men; she begins to think of herself as a really sexy girl...
While this analogy may seem odd, I think it speaks to the sleazy character of the college admissions game rather well. Courtney Love is a musician. Period. It is inappropriate to judge her merits on anything but the product she puts forth. Similarly, I believe that academic performance, academic choices, recommendations and the quality of the personal statement are the only criteria on which a college applicant should be judged. Dead parents and artificial limbs are relevant only if they shed light on an irregularity on a transcript. If an A-student became a C-student in her junior year...
...could be similar to what happened when Katzenberg dramatically departed from the Walt Disney Co. One important difference is that the trio will be competing with other entertainment firms in Hollywood. These companies have been in business long enough to know the environment well. However, the director (Spielberg), the musician (Geffen) and the animator (Katzenberg) will not realize the threat that other companies pose until they are fully operational. The three will go their separate ways after establishing DreamWorks. But for now Hollywood is at the mercy of three men, each of whom is having a mid-life crisis...