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...very many suggestions that have been put forth, the one that is simple, uncomplicated and practical, is for graduating women and their families and guests to substitute "daughters in" for "sons to thy," while graduating men and their families and guests sing the song as originally written...
...contributors, veritable modern czars of pop, try to capture Stevie Nicks' exuberance, but almost completely ignore her contemplation. As a result, Legacy sounds artificially happy and at times, difficult to listen to. The band Tonic sounds cheerful in singing "I'm just second-hand news." As the Irish band, The Corrs, rework the track "Dreams," they too, seem to ignore the tortured meaning of the lyrics and delightedly croon, "Thunder only happens when it's raining/Players only love you when they're playing." The Corrs, however, do incorporate the hall-mark of 1990's music. They sing with a dance...
Elton John (an artist quickly becoming synonymous with tributes) also delivers a rendition of "Don't Stop" on track four that is probably more upbeat than Nicks intended. After crooning about England's rose, it is understandable why he would want to sing something happier. But "Don't Stop" leaves a sugary aftertaste...
...hemisphere-wide free trade agreement during the weekend?s Summit of the Americas. That could be the easy part. Persuading Congress to restore his fast-track authority in time to conclude that agreement two years from now may seem a little like trying to get those leftist students to sing ?America the Beautiful...
...savanna known as the cerrado. (The less than $1-an-acre budget shows how badly outmatched many environmental actions still are.) The cerrado is one of the world's most diverse swaths of nature, a kind of National Geographic theme park where howler monkeys and hyacinth macaws dance and sing from buriti palms and vast treeless grasslands. But in the past 30 years, more than half its original vegetation has been chewed away--and almost 75% will be gone...