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...mood brightens on French Shoes, a snickering critique of foreign footwear, and on cuts like Beige to Beige and What If I Came Knocking, both of which reaffirm Mellencamp's knack for exuberantly melodic rock 'n' roll. The record ends, appropriately, with To the River, on which Mellencamp dives "down to the undertow" and declares, "Well, the deeper I drown/ Lord, the higher I'll go." The lyric, with its suggestion of cleansing renewal, demonstrates the essential optimism at the core of Mellencamp's dire vision and his faith in the healing power of music. By venturing into the urban...
...mood brightens on French Shoes, a snickering critique of foreign footwear, and on cuts like Beige to Beige and What If I Came Knocking, both of which reaffirm Mellencamp's knack for exuberantly melodic rock 'n' roll. The record ends, appropriately, with To the River, on which Mellencamp dives "down to the undertow" and declares, "Well, the deeper I drown/ Lord, the higher I'll go." The lyric, with its suggestion of cleansing renewal, demonstrates the essential optimism at the core of Mellencamp's dire vision and his faith in the healing power of music. By venturing into the urban...
...Reaffirm on a regular basis the existing policy of the Harvard Guard Service that the workplace be kept free from any discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, gender or national origin...
Loker Professor of English Robert J. Kiely '60 said the Faculty needs to "reaffirm our policy of nondiscrimination...
...also an affront to the entire Harvard community because it demeans our intelligence and ability to recognize stereotypes as unfounded biases and oversimplifications. Incidents such as these reaffirm stereotypes that all Black youth are criminals, not only undermining positive feelings about the increased enrollment of Black students next year, but also increasing racial tension on campus...