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...Cookin's big problem was that they wanted to have big party rock groups, light shows, a P.A. system, etc.," Parsons said. "They tried to serve beer all the time, so they had to hire police officers. You end up running up a huge list of expenses...

Author: By Daniel Choi, | Title: Jazz Tunes Rock Cabot House | 2/19/1991 | See Source »

...Within the term Hispanic there are many diverse cultures: Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, etc. There is often tension between these groups," said Betancourt. "We wanted to alleviate that problem...

Author: By Esme Howard, | Title: Hispanic Group Holds Congress | 2/16/1991 | See Source »

...matter of modifying the mental structures in order to enable you to make sense of what you hear or read," Layzer says. "It's exactly the same in music and art, or even bird-watching. A birdwatcher looks into a tree and sees the bird's sex, kind, etc. I look and see a fuzzy little shape...

Author: By Philip M. Rubin, | Title: David Layzer: Teaching Science Through Prose or Poetry, But Not Equations | 2/9/1991 | See Source »

...surely causing a lot of pain, the volume of suffering there was nothing like what we are now wreaking in Iraq, what Iraq is now causing in Kuwait and Israel and what the world's whole population will suffer in lost resources for housing, education, food, productive jobs, etc...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Troops Stop Shooting Now! | 1/25/1991 | See Source »

...even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, inset them in outline form: be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top, "Illustrate;" "Be specific;" etc? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparking chips of concrete scattered throughout your blue book will have you up for sainthood. Or at least Dean's List. Name at least the titles of every other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply: `It Is Time to Disillusion' | 1/16/1991 | See Source »

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