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...years at city hall, Daley, 62, has presided over the city's transition from graying hub to vibrant boomtown, with a newly renovated football stadium, an ebbing murder rate, a new downtown park, a noticeable expansion of green space and a skyline thick with construction cranes. As federal and state dollars flowing to the city have dried up, he has used his influence to persuade corporations and the wealthy to kick in for big-ticket attractions, like the $475 million Millennium Park, nearly half of which was paid for by private donations...
...also excels at recreating vibrant characters and situations out of what would be hazy memories for most other people. The narrative bounces easily from the women in the room to flashbacks illustrating their tales of woe, and back again to the present as others add critical commentary. The older generation, surprisingly, comes across as the most liberated. One "Auntie" argues persuasively for taking a married lover, explaining that, "...his bad breath, his hemorrhoid attacks, his flues," etc. are all for the wife while for the mistress, "he's always bleached and ironed, his teeth sparkle, his breath is like perfume...
Once they gain admittance into the club, the video shifts into vibrant color a la “The Wizard of Oz,” and the kids’ ringleader initiates a highly stylized fight/dance with another clown-faced patron...
...happy with the amount of time I can spend on performance while getting a liberal arts education. I am actually inspired by the other amazing musicians here at Harvard that could easily have gone to a conservatory. By coming here they’ve helped create a vibrant music community, which has nourished me over the years. As any student musician can attest, involvement in musical groups can compete with schoolwork, but for the most part, musical performance provides a type of intellectual stimulation that complements and may even improve academic work...
...This is one way to bring the undergraduate community together in a vibrant and social way, which is where we saw concerns in the survey,” Chadbourne said, referring to a 2002 survey that found low student satisfaction at Harvard. “We want to make sure that Springfest is about undergraduates...