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DIED. BOBBY HATFIELD, 63, the tenor half of the "blue-eyed soul" duo the Righteous Brothers; of undetermined causes; in Kalamazoo, Mich., shortly before a scheduled performance at Western Michigan University. Born Robert Lee Hatfield, he (below, right) and Righteous Brothers partner Bill Medley, singing bass, helped transform white pop by bringing an emotional freedom to their music that was previously the province of African-American singers. The pair's breakout hit, You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', topped the charts in 1965 and went on to become one of the most popular songs in radio history...
...fact, the increasing freedom and progress towards equality that we do see today is largely due to women and minority groups. In persistently pursuing their own convictions these groups were able to throw off the shackles of slavery and subjugation and transform Western society. Particularly in America, the forthright demands of women’s rights and civil rights activists brought about the legislation that now seeks to ensure that freedoms are protected both for minority groups and the American people at large. Thus, most of the changes that have begun to result in equal treatment have not come from...
Instead, the White House is pushing the Pentagon to transform thousands of Iraqi security guards into paramilitary police officers. Capable militiamen account for only 5,000 of the 90,000 Iraqis now undertaking some sort of security work alongside U.S. forces. The Administration wants to triple the number in three months. That would require training these guards in a scant few weeks...
...largely remained quiet. Also, Khodorkovsky's father is Jewish, and it's accepted political wisdom in the circles around him that in light of the the prevailing social attitudes, no Jew could win the presidency in Russia. Still, it now emerges that Khodorkovsky was devising a campaign to transform Russia into a parliamentary system, and we're told that may have even imagined himself as premier at some point in the future...
...Staff is fully justified in calling for improvements to the currently dismal course advising system, as it has done time and again. But online filing of study cards would seriously undermine the College’s efforts in that direction. Instead, it would serve to permanently transform the current system, which has the potential to be rectified, into one of impersonal, amazon.com-style course registration...