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Their more recent offerings, including international dance favorite "Blue Monday," phased out even the glimmer of emotion that made "Temptation" so powerful. "Blue Monday," with its stark heartbeat-like electronic drums, was a disturbing song because it was so mechanical, so inhuman, but, nonetheless, catchy. The lyrics and occasional synthesizer effects were but minor distractions from that thumping beat...
...they meet cleverly parodies the familiar stock and trade characters from modern literature or American culture. There is the requisite crass army officer in mirrored glasses, the lecherous academic whose greatest interest is his research assistant, and Mexican gauchos who find truth in their chile and peyote under the stark desert sky. Excerpts from the family's reading materials are interspersed among the Gavottes many encounters making Blue Pastoral a mocking survey of contemporary writing as well. The selections include a poor translation of Les Mauvaises Herbes, pamphlets on staying in shape through winter gardening, a prototypical grant proposal...
...report's conclusions met with some dissent. Panelist Lawrence Stark, a neurologist at the University of California, while agreeing that VDTs do not cause permanent eye damage, contested the view that they are not responsible for eye fatigue. "The report is a whitewash for the status quo," said Stark. "All the complaints of burning, eyestrain, headache, stinging, watery eyes connected with VDT use are valid claims. Just because you cannot measure visual fatigue does not mean it does not exist...
...eight stylishly dressed jurists huddled around a stark, white, rectangular table were sifting through endless snippets of yarn and swatch upon swatch of silk, rayon and linen. "We need to soften the yellow to almost a blond yellow," one mulled aloud, squinting at several fabric squares. A green swatch was rejected by one woman with a disapproving, "That's too much of a bathroom tile shade." Another tan square drew the comment, "Good. It doesn't have any shine, like a brown paper bag." It seemed for a time that no decisions would be reached, but after...
...next major milestones are at 35 and 50. Even after you reach your golden anniversary, don't count on Harvard losing track of you. Alumni records are so complete that they keep up to date a list of the 15 oldest living College grads. According to officials. Charles W. Stark '03, whose son this year came back for his Harvard 50th, recently inherited the title. Erskine Wood '01 relinquished his top spot two weeks ago when he passed away...