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...odds of meeting Mr. Right, or even Mr. Right Now, seemed pretty slim at my summer jobs; I planned to edit a “self-help” book for a Harvard medical school psychiatrist and to teach music to kids with HARMONY, a PBH summer program. Since I’m a closet workaholic and could always use more money, and since my plans to do “thesis research” were all lies anyway, I added another job to my schedule. I got one working at the Harvard Events and Information Office in the Holyoke...
Ever since Lollapalooza capsized under the weight of its own mismanagement in 1997, the summer concert season has been dominated by increasingly narrow niche tours. Ozzfest, Warped, Lilith Fair, Guinness Fleadh, Smokin' Grooves and others have all mined a slim vein of music with varying degrees of financial success. While only Ozzfest and Warped are back this year, the concert industry trusts results over ideology; Moby and the multigenre festival tour both have to prove themselves viable. "The whole tour is an experiment," says Moby. "We've put this eclectic bill together, and I guess we'll see if people...
...Street is pretty much tasting its own cooking these days, and that means earnings - and maybe cable guys - will be setting the temperature of the Dow, NASDAQ and S&P 500 for a while yet. And with everyone awaiting gloom and doom, well, there's always a chance, however slim, for a pleasant surprise...
...slim Court majority stood up to an aggressively pro-deportation trend, ruling against the Justice Department and in favor of legal immigrants. The Justices ruled 5-4 that immigrants convicted of aggravated felonies must be granted court hearings before being deported. Currently, legal aliens are not permitted court reviews...
...teen he headed north, part of the great migration of black folks looking for jobs, and he started to make his name as a performer. Several names, in fact - Hooker played under a variety of nicknames and pseudonyms, including John Lee Booker and Johnny Lee and Texas Slim and Boogie Man. He also played all sorts of venues, from juke joints and dive bars to festivals and fish fries. He lived in Detroit for a time, and he worked in an auto plant by day and churned out the blues by night...