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...front man Ian LeFeuvre and Pete Von Althen, Starling doesn't bring anything revolutionary to the music scene, but it does offer a good collection of catchy songs. The album's lyrical content includes traditional, and perhaps clichd, male-centered pop lamentations that would make Petrarch proud. It is Petrarchan pop performed pleasantly, however, as the stories of unattainable girls bumming men out are told with a nicely blended sound...

Author: By Arts Writers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Albums | 4/21/2000 | See Source »

...regardless of dedication or caring--can be an effective teacher if he or she does not speak the language of instruction. For most courses, this is English. The objections of Dowling and Feldman would make sense only if the proficiency test requires TFs to compose extemporaneously and declaim Petrarchan sonnets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Teaching the Teaching Fellows | 3/9/1994 | See Source »

...background, will receive particular attention. The essay should be preferably on some undergraduate topic of current interest, while the sonnet may be on any subject, including love. The latter provision is a change from last year, as is the provision that the sonnets need not be in Petrarchan form. Further details regarding the competitions, in each of which a $25 prize is offered, may be obtained at Advocate House any evening between 7 and 8 o'clock, except Saturday and Sunday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Select Judges for Advocate Contests | 11/27/1920 | See Source »

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