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...droves, which has made the task of achieving racial balance nearly impossible. After deciding that inner-city students could not be bused out to the suburbs as part of a mandatory desegregation plan, a federal district court ordered the state and KCMSD to spend $1.7 billion to create a top-notch system, in part to lure suburban whites. Then, last June, the Supreme Court decreed that the district court had no authority to order expenditures aimed at attracting suburban whites...
...response between Houston and her background chorus, all help create an informal, sitting-in- a-sweaty-Southern-church-waving-a-hand-fan musical atmosphere. In fact, all the songs on the album, from the proud, soaring Too Close to the confessional Face to Face, have the earthy intimacy of top-notch blues. Along the way, Houston also turns in a patient, slow-building, ultimately satisfying rendition of Amazing Grace--an impressive feat, since the song has been covered so exhaustively by other performers that it's nearly impossible to find a fresh take...
...very personal audience of One. "Gospel has roots in the blues, and Houston brings the music back to its source," says TIME's Christopher John Farley. "All the songs on the album, from the proud, soaring 'Too Close' to the confessional 'Face to Face,' have the earthy intimacy of top-notch blues. Along the way, Houston also turns in a patient, slow-building, ultimately satisfying rendition of 'Amazing Grace' -- an impressive feat, since the song has been covered so exhaustively by other performers that it's nearly impossible to find a fresh take. It's Motown with angels' wings...
However, Penn faltered against Penn St., 88-61. The Quakers faced the Nittany Lions on neutral ground at the Atlantic City Shootout, but the result was decidedly one-sided. Another top-notch performance by Bowman was the only thing that kept the final score respectable, as he contributed 19 points and seven boards to follow up his monster game at Towson...
...would comment about the talks today, but his testimony could devastate Brown and Williamson, which faces two Justice criminal investigations into whether its executives lied to Congress about the harmfulness and addictiveness of their products. "Wigand, the former head of Brown and Williamson's research unit, is apparently a top-notch scientist," says TIME's Michael Riley. "But more importantly, he's now the industry's highest-ranking defector. He knows the inside story, and he's going to tell it. That could spell real trouble for the tobacco industry, whose hard-nosed tactics with Congress and the press...