Word: oro
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...sullied world. So tender emotions are hidden, which makes their hearts ache all the more. The Clash's album London Calling contained one of rock's best love songs, Train in Vain, but it was hidden away, buried as an unlisted track. On this album the song Corazon de Oro gives us a brief glimpse into singer Armstrong's heart. "What have I become/ Now that I'm alone?" he croons, his voice shattered and whispery. After an album of rage and hurt and politics, he's earned the right to be heartsick...
...ethical standards are reflected in the polls that sanction the alleged conduct of the President [NATION, March 30]? We individually need to become cognizant of our personal values in order to effect change. Americans should not accept less than the most noble of ideals in our leaders. VIVIAN WEEDE Oro Valley, Ariz...
...things don't quite pay off: The red flag planted by the speaking Maenad (presumably to signal bloody devastation) might have never been unfurled; the novitiate (Alison Howe on 10/30) sitting on a pillow, singing the Oro supplex, is a bit much. But the production boasts tremendous visual appeal, thanks to a wonderfully spare set by Helen Shaw '98, spiffy costumes by Jessica Jackson '99 and--especially at the play's beginning and end--skillful and tricky lighting, designed by Alan Symonds...
...very good idea to have all those big names in one place," Nyang-oro says. "It does expose African-American studies to an audience it might not otherwise be exposed...
...Nyang-oro says Harvard's program may also have a positive "snowballing effect" by attracting graduate students to the field who then become scholars in their own right, and by pressuring other universities to devote more resources to Afro-American studies...