Word: somberly
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...more somber mood pacified the pandemonium as respect was dutifully given to one of pop music's powerhouses, Ahmet Ertegun, co-founder of Atlantic Records in 1947, for whom the "Ertegun Impact Award" was inaugurated. The award was prefaced by Peter Wolf, who, as part of the producer's bio, read off a seemingly unending slew of well-known music acts that have released albums under the Atlantic label (from Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones to Kid Rock). Thus the crowd's eruption into madcap applause with Amhet's eventual appearance on stage was entirely appropriate. Ertegun quipped that...
...question the competence of the prosecution, or to call for a Justice Department investigation, or even to empathize with outraged citizens," the statement reads. "This is also a moment for leaders to teach Americans about the continuing power of color in the lives of average people. We share the somber view of many that had Diallo been a European immigrant in a white neighborhood, he would be alive and unharmed today...
Ganji's writings have his friends worried for his life. He receives regular threats. "I guess I'm a troublemaker," Ganji laughs in a TIME interview. Suddenly turning somber, he adds, "I call it playing with death. One day something might happen to me. This fight for reform is lawful, but it has its price." In addition to the outpouring of public support, Ganji is encouraged by the steady flow of leaks he receives about death squads: he declines to identify his sources but likens them to the insiders who fed Woodward and Bernstein...
Sameera Fazili '00, another class marshal and co-chair of the class day speaker committee, said O'Brien was chosen in part because the group hoped he could set a lighter tone for the day--in contrast to the more "somber" nature of Commencement...
...less serious but still somber note, Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker received a two-and-a-half-month suspension and $20,000 fine Monday for his recent tirade against immigrants and minorities. And that's just in the last couple of days. Last month 23-year-old Miami Dolphins running back Cecil Collins was arrested for breaking and entering, while Charlotte Hornets guard Bobby Phills killed himself drag-racing Porsches with a teammate...