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...HORSE: RAGGED GLORY (Reprise). Yes, yes, Neil Young's been through more changes than the Dow Jones industrial average, but when he locks in, he's tough to beat. He locks in here. Backed by his favorite band, Young cooks up his best set in years: the sound is rough-hewn as ever, and all the fury is intact...
...tenor of this year's races could lead to the conclusion that candidates have reached the nadir of negative campaigning. In fact, the quantity of rough material hasn't changed that much. But the chorus of slurs, half-truths and unsubstantiated allegations is all too often drowning out debate about education reform, fiscal problems and other issues that voters have every right to expect. It is scant consolation that in many states the campaigns might have been worse...
...there until I die." Trumpeter Roy Hargrove points to a Marsalis master class at his Dallas high school as a major turning point for him. "He's incredible. He really knows how to communicate with people and make them understand the tradition," says Hargrove, whose Diamond in the Rough album has won high praise from jazz critics. Marsalis considers such proselytizing part of his legacy: "I'm just passing on the stuff that people like ((Harry)) 'Sweets' Edison, Art Blakey, Max Roach and Elvin Jones told me. I mean, I'm acting on a mandate from them...
...musty chill of the Dordogne, 30 ft. below ground, giant bulls, painted in red and black, gallop across undulating walls. Nearby, a cavalcade of horses, ibex, tiny deer and cave lions dances along the curves of rough limestone. Are these soaring images sacred or profane? A large bespectacled woman closes her eyes and sighs in wonder. She imagines a time, perhaps 20,000 years ago, when rituals were performed in this same hidden cave in the flickering light of animal-fat lamps. Slowly, tears stream down her cheeks. "It's like a church," she whispers. "You feel you can understand...
There have always been children who are survivors, who overcome the odds and find some adult -- a teacher, a grandparent, a priest -- who can provide the anchors the family could not. Toure Diggs, 18, grew up in a rough neighborhood of New Haven, Conn., and is now enrolled at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Since his parents separated three years ago, Toure has tried to help raise his brother Landis, who is 7. In the end Toure knows he is competing with the lure of the street for Landis' soul. "You got to start so young," Toure says. "It's like...