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Francis fled the island and the home where she had lived for "40 odd years" with her husband, a sea captain for Texaco, taking only a few photographs and the bank books for the Galveston Grandmothers Club. It was the first time she had left during a storm. In 1983, Hurricane Alicia, a category three storm, had blown hard but with no surge. This time, Hollywood Heights, her West End island neighborhood just two blocks off the beach was quickly put under water by Ike. A moldy black water line high on the yellow siding shows where the water...
...music with their snoozing troubles. Behind the ambience and space, the music is actually quite complex and sophisticated, especially given the band’s make-up: a duo of a multi-instrumentalist (Rob Barber) and a singer (Mary Pearson). From the very first song, “The Storm,” the band delves into its diverse musical lexicon with a melody reminiscent of traditional Indian folk music. Unfortunately, in the case of this particular track, Pearson’s nursery-rhyme lyrics and vocals don’t quite match the intricacies of the rhythms and instrumentation...
...scholarly work,” said English professor James Engell, who chairs the department. “But it is not clear what he is talking about. Is he talking about American publishers, American writers, American institutions? “That is why the statement has caused such a storm,” Engell added. “It’s like throwing a spark into a gasoline tank. He is accusing a whole nation.” English professor Gordon Teskey, who specializes in English Renaissance poetry, said that Engdahl’s statement misses the fact that...
...least for the moment, there just might be that perfect storm of trends that could compel students—at least in the Classes of 2009 and 2010—to seek out the options that Faust urged upon us before the Street imploded. And there’s some evidence that we are: Officials from Teach for America, the national teacher-placing service that has made significant inroads on elite campuses, report that the number of students turning in applications by the first deadline skyrocketed. Peace Corps administrators report an uptick in applicants, as do graduate schools...
Offenheiser said that the causes of the current crisis “have been staring us in the face for the past 10 years...a perfect storm in terms of factors coinciding to create this situation...