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...decided to delete from its catalog, often because they want to make them available only in compact disc. Places like the Harvard Coop sell hundreds of them for about half the price of other recordings. They require rummaging through--there is much tripe among the treasure--but they often reward patience. Records' liner notes, by the way, often provide interesting information about the composer, piece and performers...
...that I object to the Oscars in theory. I see no reason why excellence in moviemaking should not be rewarded just as excellence in athletic performance or scientific achievement. Such awards should of course serve the purpose of celebrating those who have made a lasting contribution to art. But they should serve a higher function as well. Awards are not for those who receive them but for those who do not; they establish a cannon of taste, set a standard for quality in artistic achievement and defy the aspiring artist in the audience to come up with something better. Awards...
However, it seems to me that removing even the pretense of objective judgment on the part of the Academy ruins the positive effect that awards can have on artistic production and cheapens the reward to those who have achieved something special. Besides, it's more fun to watch a contest that has at least some real drama...
...collected nearly $75,000 apiece as the loser's share in the World Series, but the bonus money went to a select group. A handful of players, like Bob Stanley, were so ashamed of the team vote in sharing the money that they dug into their own pockets to reward such people as clubhouse attendants. ground crew members and parking lot attendants...
...Fremont, Calif. He wonders whether U.S. industrial failures should not be attributed to American managers rather than American workers (despite high U.S. wages compared with some of America's competitors). Babbitt adds that unlike Japanese managers, who often cut their own compensation before that of their workers, "American executives reward + themselves with huge bonuses during the good times but console themselves with layoffs as soon as times turn...