Word: sought
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Upon graduating from Miami's Northwestern High School, the 6'7 James was one of the most sought after athletes in the nation. He was a First Team All-State selection in Florida, as well as a "Parade Magazine" Third Team All-American, finishing as the school's all-time leader in points (2,358), rebounds (1170) and blocked shots...
...money-losing, dividendless Internet and other tech stocks. Meanwhile, there is some question whether the rash of REITs will smooth the real estate cycle as advertised. The theory goes like this: with many real estate companies dependent on stock sales to fund projects, Wall Street becomes a long-sought governor over the industry. Just when there is a danger of overbuilding, REIT shares should fall and limit the industry's ability to raise money and build to damaging excess...
Strauss' early masterpiece, finished by the time he was 25, was written under the spell of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, and takes its cues from the tristesse (and orchestrational largesse) of that monster. In the version Strauss sought to depict, it is not a statue-come-to protagonist's own self loathing that brings on the brimstone. You can look forward to otherworldly brass writing and overwrought, saturated textures. For a first course, it is heavy fare...
...Delaware, then I suspect if whatever happened to me happened to me, and I grew up where I grew up, then I would write crime novels about those places. Simply put, I am from L.A. It exerts a hold on me, but it's an influence that I've sought consciously to move beyond....I will forever be associated with L.A., but aside from the occasional journalistic piece about L.A., and aside from satirical, parodistic short fiction about L.A. (the Danny Getchell stories), I will never use L.A. again...
Like Tardy, Filip and Weinstein, many Harvard students seek out opportunities to perform outside of extracurricular organizations, Instead of the traditional a cappella groups and orchestras, they play independently--a task they say Harvard makes difficult compared to other schools. Despite the obstacles, though, these musicians have sought out or created local opportunities to perform...