Word: performancy
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...have been the recording academy's attempt at injecting some life into the process, but it was also aggressively dull. It turns out there isn't much tension in announcing the five possible best things in a category or in watching the Foo Fighters, Christina Aguilera and Celine Dion perform "classic songs from Grammy history." At least the Grammy folks did a credible job of picking the best music of the 12 months between Oct. 1, 2007, through Sept. 30, 2008 (even if their ancient rules still haven't adjusted to how most people keep track of a year...
...with the backing of noted terrorist organizations acting within Pakistani territory. This is a revelation that will surprise few Indians and provide fresh political capital to others. Already, the Shiv Sena, a Hindu nationalist group based in Mumbai, has openly declared that it won't allow Pakistani artists to perform in the city. Even ordinary civilians are turning hawkish. "We need to tell them that enough is enough," says Sheikh Noor Ahmed, who owns a hotel close to the bombed-out Taj Mahal here in South Mumbai. "Gandhi's days are gone. Gone are the times when we'd turn...
...Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who served as chief counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary under then-chairman Kennedy, is scheduled to also speak about the senator. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76 and Harvard students will perform musical selections. University President Drew G. Faust will also address the Sanders Theatre crowd...
Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, who served as chief counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary under then-chairman Kennedy, is scheduled to speak about the senator at the Sanders Theatre ceremony. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76 and Harvard students will perform musical selections. University President Drew G. Faust will also speak...
Damaris was one of the dancers who used to perform with our band--more than 40 years after the Mafia quit Havana, some Cubans still like their music accompanied by girls in slinky sequined outfits with tail feathers. Damaris and the drummer, Piri, wound up having a daughter together but eventually divorced. He moved to Mexico, found a new wife and had another child. So Damaris is raising their child alone in a small apartment in the shadow of the capitol...