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...opened the Games came from an atlas of names -- Ryuichi Sakamoto, Angelo Badalamenti (of Twin Peaks fame), Andrew Lloyd Webber; Placido Domingo was followed by a sea of "living sculptures" designed by a man from the West Indies. And some of the grandest cheers of all came as the unfamiliar Lithuanian flag hung over costumes fashioned by Issey Miyake...
Robb lives deep in Arkansas' Ozark Mountains, off a dirt road that winds through the defunct hamlet of Zinc, past dilapidated mobile homes, rusting farm equipment and rocky pastureland. Chickens and goats pause in the road along Sugar Orchard Creek, and neighbors glare warily at unfamiliar visitors. The Grand Wizard's home, a weathered cedar dwelling and several ramshackle outbuildings, is built on 100 forested acres. Inside, Robb's pleasant wife, Muriel, prepares dinner while Oprah chatters away on a TV set in the cluttered living room. One son, Jason, 18, ponders his homework; another son, Nathan, 21, hauls...
Fair enough. Unfamiliar with most of Gates' work (and, aside from blockmates, unfamiliar with the Black community here), I couldn't really comment. So when I read Loose Canons recently, I watched for Gates' views on campus strife, Black students and the feelings of young Blacks in America. I found much more...
...said the bar upstairs is unfamiliar territory for the typical Harvard undergraduate...
Nevertheless, based upon responses we have received over the past several days, it has become obvious that the poster provided to us has failed to communicate adequately its intent to those unfamiliar with the speakers' view. In fact, in some instances, the poster has been misconstrued as defending racial stereotypes...