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...last piece, featuring Maxwell I. Nwaru Jr. ’10 and his divine saxophone solo, a solo by Krogslund on the drums, and Barnes on the bass, began decidedly funky. Assuming a brassy tone, the energy was palpable. Lynch soloed and Palmieri was typically masterful on the piano. Though not the most compelling piece of the night—that distinction belongs to “Iraida”—it was a wonderfully emphatic way to end to an evening of beautiful jazz...
...There’s this stretch where it says ‘Next gas 73 miles,’ and I always just have the idea that there are just killers out there just driving around that night.” The actor added in a paranoid tone, “You always wonder what the hell is going on in those [motel] rooms, you know what I mean?”While Wilson describes Stage 18 on the Sony lot, the “Vacancy” set, as rather scary—and according to him, cursed?...
...that's a harder attitude for older people - who grew up with more cultural and actual segregation - to accept or to mimic. Part of the problem with Imus' joke was that it was so tone-deaf. "That's some rough girls from Rutgers," he said. "Man, they got tattoos ... That's some nappy-headed hos there." The joke played badly in every community, raising memories of beauty bias (against darker skin and kinkier hair) that dates back to slavery. Tracy Riley, 37, of Des Moines, Iowa, who is of mixed race, said the incident was among her four kids' first...
...broadcasts from 20 hours a week. You can't totally separate the lives of celebrities from their work - it didn't excuse Gibson that he attacked the Jews in his free time - but finally what determines who can make what jokes is the context of their work: the tone of their acts, the personas they present, the vehicles they create for their work...
...Instead, on that day, the fiery Iranian leader muted his tone and appealed for dialogue with the West, evidently hoping to stave off a second U.N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions over Iran's failure to heed its demand to suspend uranium-enrichment activities. But on March 24, the Security Council unanimously voted to expand the sanctions, and now Tehran has reverted to defiance...