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...wasn't stuck long. Another 1930 movie tune, "Puttin' On the Ritz," went to #1, and within two years Berlin was hot on Broadway, with hit shows ("Face the Music" and "As Thousands Cheer") that birthed "Heat Wave," "Easter Parade" and that perk-me-up Depression cheer, "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee." Ethan Mordden's analysis of the song, in his book "Broadway Babies," gets to the heart of Berlin's staying power: "Part of being essential to pop culture is staying adaptable. In days of rag, the jazz age, and now in hard times, Berlin not only...
...Rachael really does a lot of other things she wanted to focus on,” said Brown tri-captain Craigwell. “The good thing about the Ivy League is that is allows you the freedom to do that. It’s a perk, but it’s also a deficit because there’s nothing holding players to the team...
...townie patina which will bring her fame and glory within the FM sphere. This girl knows what’s up and she’s not afraid to say it. Anytime that Liz’s name is mentioned in public, some attractive boy will perk up his ears and swoon in an ecstatic fantasy...
...much what you make it,” said Ouchida, who received his master’s degree through the extension school. “It is such a wonderful opportunity for these students to take classes at Harvard, but making those additional connections is just a further perk for determined students in the evening program...
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, there's something that should perk up his interest in environmental issues. Welcome home, Mr. President, there's cow doo-doo, as your daddy used to say, in the water. Bush's weekend ranch is on Rainey Creek, which runs into the Middle Bosque River. About six miles away is the North Bosque River and two counties over is Erath County, home to at least 250 factory dairy farms called CAFOs, for confined-animal feeding operations. The CAFOs milk as many as 2,000 cows a day, and the county has about 110,000 dairy...