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...greater communication.“There is never a quid pro quo whenever Sid Knafel is concerned,” Summers said in remarks delivered in the Knafel Building’s modern atrium, a blend of curved and straight lines. “Generations of students and faculty owe an immense debt of gratitude to Sid Knafel.”Knafel said in a speech that he believes current events make today an appropriate time for the center to begin its work. He cited the use of military force in international issues and an “elected civil...
...establishment is very self-protective,” he says. “The city manager is appointed by the City Council, the assessor is appointed by the city manager. They all owe each other their jobs, so it’s not surprising at all that they basically are teaming up against the challenger...
...Black Americans don't need to approve of or understand homosexuality to recognize that. And they owe it to successes of the civil rights movement, to their own triumph over inhumane treatment and accusations of an impure agenda, to try. My mother's father was a religious man too, but I believe he would have...
...basement with my grandma coming in interrupting my takes with cups of tea and stuff." The result of his labors weaves together the comfortable sounds of 1970s and '80s kids' TV shows - ambling Charlie Brown-style piano and cop-show car-chase music - with more conventional pop influences. Guitars owe a debt to U.S. alternative legends Sonic Youth, the strings to Bollywood, and rhythms recall Motown and break beats. "I've always quite liked that [retro kids' TV] feel, but I'd always want to make it more dirty in some way," says Parton. "If you are going to have...
...million people in the U.S. and untold other millions worldwide. To put the risk-reward equation into perspective, if an average settling cost of $6000 for the 13,000 people sued so far were distributed across the entire file-sharing population in America, everyone using the software would owe $1.30. With CDs selling for $15 a pop, and individual songs going for $.99 on iTunes, we see little chance that $1.30, or even $130, will dissuade an entire generation accustomed to file-sharing from illegally serving copyrighted materials. Instead of punitive lawsuits, the RIAA should seek less divisive, alternative ways...