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...first song’s gallop slows to a canter. “Ode to LRC” begins with formulaic pop-country guitar chords, and despite the aggressive tone of Bridwell’s voice, the song feels empty. The last minute of the song is its best: Bridwell simply sings “The world is such a wonderful place,” adding “La-di-da” over a smoother, wistful guitar sound...
...Developments yesterday and late Wednesday marked a departure from a more confrontational tone both sides have taken since Interim Dean of the College David R. Pilbeam announced on Oct. 2 that he was ending the UC party grant program because of concerns about underage drinking and student health. The program distributed $1,750 every week to fund parties around campus...
...You’d think that Harvard had transformed into a military junta, given the tone of recent email threads demanding justice and democracy. Alas, the students throwing around such lofty rhetoric have been riled by nothing more than Dean Pilbeam’s refusal to continue subsidizing underage drinking. By bemoaning the demise of campus social life, Pilbeam’s critics suggest that Harvard students can enjoy themselves only while inebriated...
...University to realize its own social role and be very stringent and self-critical, not to wait for other people to impose judgments on it,” said Bhabha, an English professor who directs the Humanities Center. “That’s the kind of tone Drew Faust will set for Harvard; that’s the kind of person...
...clerk for Rehnquist in 1980, Roberts was assigned to conduct research for an article on the power of a Chief Justice to set the court's tone. He found an essay in which Frankfurter scoffed at the very notion. Every Justice "is his own sovereign," Frankfurter wrote; you can't expect Justices to get along just because a new chief smiles at them. Rehnquist's article concurred...