Word: toms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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True to its name, Echo carries Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers back from the quiet brooding of their She's the One soundtrack to the territory they cover best, both lyrically and stylistically: independence, defiance, rebellious love. Strange themes for a bunch of middle-aged industry veterans, but satisfyingly appropriate when you consider their enduring drive to crank out solid '60s-era rock 'n roll when their closest contemporaries have gone adult contemporary. "Free Girl Now," is a pounding emancipatory salute that, along with the similarly triumphant "Swingin'," and "Room At The Top" showcases the band's "screw 'em" mentality...
Here's the problem, Alan. What if MIT is right? What if these two grease-monkeys prove to be more entertaining, more insightful and more inspiring, than you? Whatever Tom and Ray say, it will not go down in the history books. But it could fill the goal of a commencement speech--to send graduating student into the world with purpose and inspiration--unusually well...
...Americans seeking to prevent a recurrence of the tragedy. After all, many societies face problems of youth violence; while it doesn't address the root causes of that violence, making weapons inaccessible effectively contains the damage. "Youth violence is on the rise across Europe," says TIME Paris bureau chief Tom Sancton. "But you don't have this kind of mass killing because it's hard for even the most sociopathic teenagers to get their hands on guns. The easy availability of guns is a problem that America hasn't found the means, or even the will, to contain." Adds TIME...
This year's varsity eight contains a healthy mix of sophomores, juniors, and seniors: (bow to stern) sophomore Noah Bloom, Co-Captain Dave Weiss, sophomore Tobias Wehrli, senior James Lenhart, junior Gus Maclaurin, sophomore Jesse Elzinaga, Co-Captain Tom Fallows and sophomore Richie McCormack in the stroke seat. Junior Sujit Raman wears the headset in the coxswain seat...
Moments after the timeout, he nearly had a breakaway, but Pittsburgh goalie Tom Barrasso, who had a sensational game, beat Gretzky to the puck...