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...play of colors and emotions. During rehearsal, she will station an adviser in the hall to help her gauge dynamic levels, but otherwise her concessions to deafness are few. "I don't think in terms of loud and soft," says Glennie. "Instead I think of sounds as thin or fat, strong or weak. The amount of sounds you can create with just one cymbal are infinite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: A Different Drummer | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

...performance as a scholar last month at the Kennedy school of Government's ARCO Forum, prompts my protest against the sorry state of political discourse. There is plenty of toleration for error in an entertaining, "show-biz" format, but little tolerance or patience with truth. Steele, famous for one, thin, bestseller, "The Content of Our Character," said the difficulties of Blacks today result from "a failure to adjust to freedom" and repeatedly denounced policies like affirmative action as "preferences...

Author: By Alex Walker, | Title: GUEST COMMENTARY | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

...despite the great basketball that such teams can undoubtedly play, that can't be why March Madness inspires the brackets phenomenon. You know, sports sections everywhere being ravaged with predictions in ink and pencil above the thin lines which connect...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: March Greatness | 3/15/1994 | See Source »

...futuristic portable-phone service that is expected to be more ubiquitous and cheaper to operate than conventional cellular. Analysts are also concerned that MCI may be driving a bit too fast. Says Blake Bath, a telecommunications analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.: "MCI may be spreading itself too thin by trying to cover too many bets at the same time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War of the Wireless | 3/14/1994 | See Source »

...give the time of day to on the T, "That looks great on you. Do you work out?" People who would feel shame appearing naked in front of others under any other circumstance are united by a common room is the great equalizer. Rich and poor, fat and thin are all naked together, and comfortable in their nudity. It's like Romper Room...only naked...

Author: By Eleni N. Gage, | Title: A Personal Voyage to Filene's Basement | 3/10/1994 | See Source »

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