Word: light
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...Saturday morning the board of management of the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association (RCAA) voted to change its name in light of Radcliffe's merger with Harvard last year...
...however, be discouraged by these findings. Rather, they should consider other arguments for why music is a crucial part of a complete education. It's hard to deny that we, as humans, have a natural affinity for music. Just take a group of toddlers and put on some light, happy music. It's a beautiful sight. Two-year olds will get up and start moving this way and that, and you'll likely hear peals of laughter or those sounds of joy that toddlers can only make...
...market value of the gold medallion or the expenses-paid trip to Stockholm. After the ceremony, formerly impecunious researchers will find themselves awash in funding, showered with speaking gigs and offered their pick of jobs. Their opinions will be solicited on every subject under the sun, including matters light-years from their area of expertise...
...trophies while traditionalists George Strait and Alan Jackson won the Vocal Event category for Murder on Music Row, a duet that condemns country's pop trend with lines like "The almighty dollar and the lust for worldwide fame slowly killed tradition and for that someone should hang." Spooky. Making light of it all is a song called I'd Give My Right Nut to Save Country Music, sung with deadpan earnestness by C.M.A. Single of the Year winner LEE ANN WOMACK and the lesser-known Ray Driskoll. "It's really meant as a gag," says Nut co-writer Jim Beavers...
...drab and muted color palette of the factory and courtroom scenes. In contrast to Hollywood musicals of the '40's and '50's, von Trier uses the song and dance to further the exploration of his characters, a fragmentation or parallel universe, rather than an instrument of frivolity or light-heartedness. Bjork's performance and singing are stunning (if one is lenient toward her blunt acting style), and her voice carries one into her vulnerable and fragile sphere; all one needs to do is follow her into the depth of the notes that resonate, creating a fascinating world around...