Word: spared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Knowles told the students to meet instead with Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, whose new role may include coordinating minority student affairs but hasn't, as far as we know, been broadened to include minority faculty hiring. And if Knowles can't spare a few minutes, why should he expect that Epps, who now runs the combined race relations offices in addition to tending to his normal work, would have the time...
...understand that Knowles' office is a busy one. Maybe Raza and La O representatives did approach him when he had absolutely no time to spare. But surely he can shorten a Faculty Club lunch break or make a future appointment to meet with students about this important issue...
Bone Machine, tom Waits' latest album, is a landmark for American pop music. Waits presents a stark series of bluesy songs that are innovative and profound. The most striking thing about the album is its spare sound. Waits strips down the blues to create a haunting timbre of heavy, hollow drums, chilling guitars and growling vocals...
...Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" is a spare arrangement over which O'Connor's luscious vocals are spread like nutella. It pays breathy homage to Billie Holiday's timing and Marilyn Monroe's sex appeal and is by far the best track on the album...
...squeeze into the pool of shade offered by a scraggly tree. A teary- eyed little girl, throat dry with thirst, slips by the guards and pleads for a jug of water. She is angrily rebuffed. Workers have grown accustomed to the desperate, and few have pity, any longer, to spare...