Word: singings
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With promises of movie screenings and sing-alongs to be held in new student spaces, the leadership of the College’s second College Events Board (CEB) was named Tuesday night. S. Adam Goldenberg ’08 will serve as chair of the board, rising from the vice-chair position he held during the CEB’s first semester of operation under outgoing chair Tessa C. Petrich ’07. C. Kai Wu ’09 will succeed Goldenberg as vice-chair. Goldenberg said that he expects the CEB to attempt...
...Reiner, George Clooney, to name a few. There will be breakfasts, private get-togethers in Hollywood homes, parties to recruit younger Hollywood supporters and bigger fundraisers. Just which candidate most of the Hollywood crowd winds up back remains to be seen, but one thing is fairly certain: Streisand will sing. "Barbra has been performing for every major Democratic candidate for almost 20 years," says Tabankin. After all, not only can she help raise a lot of money, but she can teach the pols a thing or two about working a crowd...
...Does the film show that Japanese soldiers are worthy of respect and honor? During the last assault, Kuribayashi said to his soldiers: "One day, our ancestors will console our souls and sing odes to your bravery and shed many tears." There are such lines in the film. But war should not be worshiped or justified. We should always accept the reality of our military past and think calmly about what we can do in the future...
...shock but not a really surprise. Another Christmas death, another pop-cultural immortal with a Dec. 25 tombstone. Add James Brown to a distinguished list that includes Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields and Dean Martin (Birgit Nilsson, if you want to go a bit upmarket). Along with the Noels, sing a requiem for the Godfather of Soul. But make sure it ends with Brown?s trademark ?Hey!? - that quick, high-pitched syllable that exploded from him with seismic suddenness, like the bark of an electrocuted schnauzer...
...lifted to his feet by attendants and, with the robe of a defeated boxer draped over his shoulders, began to drag himself toward the wings - until the cries of the audience magically revived him, like Lazarus or Frankenstein?s monster, and he summoned the will and strength to sing one more chorus...