Word: pushed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...program then moved towards jazz with Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, performed by special guest pianist Marcus Roberts with Wynton's brother Jason Marsalis on drums. The arrangement allowed for Roberts to improvise and push the jazz flavor of the piece, while at the same time challenging the performers to smoothly transition from these solos into the more classical feel of the orchestral sections. Also in the second half of the performance the BSO invited some talented young musicians to perform with them: a children's choir joined the orchestra for Orff's "Carmina Burana" and several talented high school...
This led Fagen and John P. Callan, also a graduate student, to push for an idea they felt was long overdue--an awards ceremony to honor good advisers...
...live in a society that has removed its one-time gloves of grudging support for those in need of public assistance in favor of empty hands that push such people into hidden corners and crevices. They don't meet the "standard" and they are in the way of our own individual pursuits of happiness. We ask, "Can you please make that homeless man move from the park bench? He's aesthetically displeasing...
...believe anyone is crazy enough to advocate the use of NATO ground troops to push the Serb military out of Kosovo. This sort of thinking demonstrates that we haven't learned a thing from Vietnam, Somalia and a hundred other similar situations. Superior firepower has created an illusion in the American mind that warfare can be swift, efficient and relatively bloodless. Fighting the Serbs on the terrain of Kosovo will be bloody, ugly and long lasting. If the politicians are so gung-ho to sacrifice our sons and daughters, let them be the first ones on the battlefield. GREG SAMSON...
After finishing up 13/100 of a second off Brown's Heps record of 3:42.71, Hanson believes a few things will help push Harvard over the edge...