Word: shifts
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...training, says Laskowska. The team is currently undergoing a transition in its membership—former ballerinas and studio dancers have replaced the pom squad girls of previous years. As a result, Chang says, “the routines have become much more difficult and technically sophisticated, with a shift towards jazz.”Several of the dances will be choreographed to songs that fit the “Made” theme of glamour and fame—Jessica Simpson’s “Boots,” “All that Jazz?...
...court) could discern it. The era of free sampling came to a halt with a legal challenge from, improbably enough, Gilbert O’Sullivan, regarding Biz Markie’s 1992 sample-heavy album “I Need a Haircut.” After the ruling, the shift in hip-hop towards synthesized beats was immediate,. Some artists managed to use parts of other musician’s work without running afoul with the law. They generally fall into three categories: anarchic, crazy, and rich. The recent wave of mash-up artists (which broke into the mainstream with...
...York City. He’s using the $500 from the Jonathan Levy Award for professional headshots to use in auditions. In a few years he would like to be living and working in Los Angeles, in the film and television industry. His professional aspirations are a drastic shift for a young man who had never attempted acting until just two years ago. But if the opinions of his colleagues are any indication, Martin’s inexperience should prove no obstacle.According to Spillane-Hinks, “Working with him has catapulted [my] estimation of him up to heights...
...Faculty’s recent vote to shift the concentration deadline back a semester is an opportune time for the government department to revisit the logic behind its sophomore tutorial. It is our hope that over the summer, the government department will contemplate what it is that every government concentrator at Harvard ought to know and revise the sophomore tutorial accordingly...
...coalition called "You Don't Speak For Me" held a press conference denouncing the boycott and illegal immigration. And some Latino business owners declined to give their workers the day off. Dick Jackson, the manager at K&A Lumber in Homestead, Fla., made it clear to his 150 day-shift workers (95% of whom are Hispanic) that they had to be at work today. "I'm kind of old-school, and I think we ought to follow the laws of this country," he said. "But does the country need these people? Without a doubt...