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...slowdown to golf communities," says Doug Main, director of national golf practice for Deloitte Financial Advisory Services in Atlanta. He adds that "the tide has dropped a little even in [the high-end] markets. That doesn't mean there aren't pockets and projects that are exceptions to the norm." Main says there has been a trend toward a more tranquil setting: "That's why there's a couple of clubs like [the Cliffs]--and to a different degree out in Montana and others--where it's really an experience to get away and to feel the privacy element again...
...norm. It's rather unusual, I think, and it's been tough for my daughter to find something that she loves. So I am so happy that not only did I find it so early in life, I still have it. It's still my love and my passion and it's always there...
...latest in a trend of University Hall putting the appearance of propriety before a pragmatic approach to student safety and being completely dismissive of student input. Last spring’s new alcohol policy was similarly forced on students; canceled meetings, secret reports, and withheld information have become the norm. Students are making a genuine effort to work with University Hall, yet the College administration’s modus operandi shows a blatant lack of respect for the student body it so frequently praises.Quite simply, University Hall’s behavior has to change...
...John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004. The crescendo of vocals and violins never reaches the emotional height it aspires to, and the song comes off as pleasant but jarringly un-Bosslike. “Girls In Their Summer Clothes” is another departure from the norm, an attempted fusion of Beach Boys pop and stadium rock that results in the album’s worst track. Springsteen has spent much of the past decade rallying opposition to the Bush administration, but “Magic” is relatively apolitical. The only blatant protest song...
...difficult not to be taken aback by the infusion of hues in “Gods in Color,” one of the latest exhibits to fill the rooms of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, running from Sept. 22, 2007 to Jan. 20, 2008. The presupposed norm of white marble sculptures representing the purity of ancient Greece and Rome is washed away by the brilliant, bold, and rich colors that are now bestowed on replicas of these sculptures. EVERYDAY PEOPLE Obviously, color is pivotal in experiencing this collection, making “Gods in Color” a refreshing...