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...will never hear those words in my songs." So, on Kèlè Mandi, whose haunting admonitions make it a highlight, Traoré just sings about human interaction: "Give me a bit of what you are/ But do it with gentleness and tolerance." Traoré's spare arrangements use a variety of instruments, including a calabash harp called the bolon, an African lute called the n'goni and, on two tracks, the strings of San Francisco's acclaimed Kronos Quartet. But the songs are really designed to showcase the range of moods and colors in Traor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sing Out, Sister | 10/21/2003 | See Source »

...considered matters of morning-after etiquette as her friends searched her face for clues. They waited in desperate anticipation as Dartboard mulled over her options: either explain the gory details (with just the right amount of embellishment to send them quivering home in shame), or spare them with a tacit wink that implied: “Don’t worry, you were fine...

Author: By The Editors, | Title: Dartboard | 10/17/2003 | See Source »

Lambert is already on her way to teaching, spending much of her precious spare time with children. As both a Harvard Freshman Outdoors Program leader and a summer counselor at Clearwater Camp in her native Wisconsin, she is gaining the necessary experience...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: English Major is Poetry in Motion | 10/17/2003 | See Source »

Thebaud leads us into a stately common room decorated with modern art. The bedroom is spare, with a quote from Coco Chanel on the wall—“La mode, c’est ce qui se démod?...

Author: By Véronique E. Hyland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Closet Case | 10/16/2003 | See Source »

...Spare Parts: Air France plans to auction pieces of Concorde in Paris in November. The jet's distinctive nose cone is expected to fetch $11,600- $17,400; two engines, a pilot seat and flight manuals are also up for grabs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going, Going, Gone | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

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