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...This makes it all the more onerous to admit that I do like some of it. Bernhard has a sexy and compelling voice, and when she belts it out, it sounds good. Her rendition of J. Wirrick's "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" is very nice, despite her precious additional lyrics, and the original "Who Knew?!" is funny and catchy. Most of her original songs are uninspiring, and her cover of Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" is laughable, but the album undeniably has its moments...
...took me 21 long years to earn one of those precious pieces of plastic. And upon returning to the People's Republic of Cambridge, I discover that my otherwise-valuable document has become worthless...
...Davis was too weak to play entire solos, so Roney would finish them for him. Davis died a few months later, and Roney's performance became legendary. Misterios, Davis- like in its jazz-pop blend, is dedicated to the legend. "He taught me to treat every note like a precious emotion," says Roney. Listening to Misterios, you know he learned his lessons well...
When students finally do dare to rip the precious seal, all but those most secure in their academic pursits are confronted with a stark reality: this book is 1.12 inches thick, 791 pages long, 1.5 pounds heavy. There's no way to read about every course, much less to give them all fair consideration. Even if we choose well, we'll always wonder: could we have chosen better...
...Memorial Library and received the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. The South African soaked up the attention. "I swear I got the most applause of anybody," Carter wrote back to his parents in Johannesburg. "I can't wait to show you the trophy. It is the most precious thing, and the highest acknowledgment of my work I could receive...