Word: predecessors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dylan, a legend himself, declared that Elvis "steps from the pages" of the predecessor to this book, Last Train to Memphis, and much the same can be said of this one. The most impressive quality of this book is Guralnick's ability to depict Elvis' life and detach the real person, a flawed yet well-intentioned human being, from the frozen images that make up his legend. The main flaw of this book is not one of flawed research but of excessive enthusiasm; he tells the reader more of Elvis' "sad story" than he or she may want to know...
...fair, Colin James, advertised as the "New Swing Pioneer," cannot be accused of simply seizing on the current popularity of swing music for sheer profit; the predecessor to this well-timed sequel appeared way back in 1993. That said, the ennui-inducing contents of this album seem to imply just such a fad-inspired rush job. James and his "Little Big Band" seen to be unsure whether they want to imitate the actual 1940's style or create a "New Swing" genre. The result is an album in which most of the songs have the false, synthetic quality of badly...
While Cellucci and his predecessor, William F. Weld '66, were both death penalty advocates and the State Senate supported the measure, the House deadlocked on a 80-80 vote after Rep. John Slattery (D-Peabody) voted against the measure at the last minute...
HERS2 is more efficient than its predecessor, according to Kenneth Ledeen '68, CEO of Nevo Technologies, Inc. Ledeen predicts that the new system will last Harvard for the next 20 years...
...UCLA had little concern for his job safety or adherence to a popularly passed law. In their eyes, Carnesale was their servant, accountable above all else to undergraduate sentiment. If Carnesale would not disobey the law, protesters reasoned, perhaps he could be urged to issue public statements, as his predecessor had, criticizing 209 as harmful to the rich ethnic and racial diversity of UCLA. Despite a student takeover of the main administrative building and raging protests in campus quads, however, Carnesale refused to buckle...