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...death on Dec. 2 in New York City at 77 from heart failure, coupled with that of South African singer Miriam Makeba three weeks ago, writes finis and fulfillment to 50 years of pursuing self-determination through song, of spreading the word through music. For a handful of black singers, their discography is an aural history, centuries deep, of abduction, enslavement, social and sexual abuse by the whites in power - and of the determination first to outlive the ignominy branded on the race, then to overcome it. In her commanding presence, charismatic delivery and determination to sing black truth...
...going to say "Congratulations" on your nomination to be Treasury Secretary (who knew when we were in Tokyo together in the early '90s that you'd end up with your name on U.S. currency someday?). But I'm not sure congratulations is exactly the right word, given the fiendishly parlous economic times in which we now live. I do wish you luck, though, and in this little missive I'll try to offer a bit of advice...
...have won over the past five years. Nationally, up to 40 recent American undergraduates are granted the scholarship every year. All applicants must have a minimum GPA of 3.7. Mahowald, an English concentrator, plans to study linguistics at Oxford University. “I’m interested in words and language,” said the Winthrop House resident, who was the youngest cruciverbalist to ever publish a puzzle in the Sunday New York Times. Sheffield, a social studies concentrator, said that he was motivated to apply for what he called “a really great scholarship?...
...thinking about your attitude toward the campaign, the word that kept coming to mind was "bemused...
...rocking them not only in private, but on stage, on MTV, and even in the lyrics of their songs... the 2005 arrival of BAPE in New York was hastened in no small part by an appetite for STAs, and kids regularly form long lines around the SoHo store once word of shipment drop-dates from Japan are leaked by sneaker blogs...