Word: taylorism
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...beauty of American Idol is the notion that my vote could change someone else's life for the better [April 16]. But the powers that be at Idol have gone out of their way to undermine winning candidate Taylor Hicks. My hours on the phone were rewarded last month in Nashville when Hicks delivered an emotional performance of everything from his original music to that of the Carter Family. It was the best vote I have cast in 28 years...
...Bright Hockey Center, the Harvard men’s hockey team had an unexpected announcement to make: there had been a tie. For the first time since the 1979-80 season, the Crimson will feature co-captains for the 2007-08 season, as juniors Dave MacDonald and Mike Taylor were named the 112th and 113th captains of Harvard hockey. The defenseman and forward tied twice in voting by their teammtes and coaches before becoming the fourth set of co-captains in Crimson history. The announcement was made at the men's hockey team's annual awards banquet Saturday...
...Harvard should be looking into new and exciting areas, but they should do so with the perspective that a lot of science doesn’t go very far,” said Richard L. Taylor, a professor of mathematics. “You have to make a difficult judgment in each case...
...they had felt political pressure. Bharara's next step could challenge presidential power. The White House has said Rove will talk only in private and without a transcript, but Bharara plans to chip away by expanding subpoena authority to cover two of Rove's deputies--Scott Jennings and Sara Taylor--and to ask for more White House documents...
...fact is, performance is nothing but personal. You get on Idol by singing; you win Idol by telling a story. Some do it through the songs: last year's winner, Taylor Hicks, was a master of that forlorn genre, the cornball story-song (In the Ghetto, Levon). Some make a story arc of their performances, like Clarkson, who grew over Season 1 from wallflower to leather-lunged sensation. Others make themselves the narrative. Season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino, for instance, had the story of teen baby-mamma who made good and subtly underscored it with performances like the soulful lullaby...