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...sound like they’re from an elder generation. Ray Charles! The Pepsi guy, before he died this past summer, dropped Genius Loves Company, a compilation of duets with a broad selection of some contemporary artists and some contemporaries of the artist. It’s not an uncommon thing for aging artists to cut a CD of duets, but this is the kind of thing we expect more from pseudo-lounge singers like Rod Stewart. They pair up with young artists to raise record sales by bridging the gaps between their audiences, as in the case...
...good news about the condition doctors are calling the broken-heart syndrome is that it's reversible--provided the initial shock isn't too great. And repeat occurrences appear to be uncommon, no matter how many surprise birthday parties they throw...
This story is far from uncommon. It is one heard again and again throughout the College. The result of this attitude is a lack of interest in the material and a lack of discussion of the ideas and concepts that are taught. Simply put, the bell curve kills the desire to be an academic and develop intellectually. Why should students participate in section? Since the majority of the class knows that they will unavoidably earn a B, there is no incentive to speak. Why complete the readings? A student knows all she has to do is perform better than...
...thwump of the 21 guns beneath the strains of Hail to the Chief was a reminder of the thin line between war and peace. So was the uncommon security. The celebrations occurred in a city divided literally: 100 blocks closed, with buses blocking the streets; 13,000 soldiers and police, including 3,000 newly deputized officers from as far away as Seattle and Miami, freshly equipped with hats and gloves. There were cops on bikes, in plainclothes, in helicopters; sharpshooters on roofs; Coast Guard cutters on the Potomac; dogs sniffing for bombs; police confiscating fruit lest it be thrown. They...
...like to be called “assistants,” not “graders”—you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your bluebook, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or reading about the “Xian myth...