Word: sharp
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...into people," this song combines piano and the bata instrumentation of Milton Cardona, Marc Quinones and Jose Mangual, Jr. to reflect the stresses of opposing positive and negative forces. The ending fades into the distance with a melody pattern not unlike a top 40 love song that takes a sharp turn from the salsa; in the context of all the varieties on the album, however, it is thoroughly convincing...
HARVARD Real Estate (HRE)--always keeping a sharp eye on its financial ledger--has raised costs again for organizations thatwant to perform at Sanders Theater, and student groups are understandably angry...
...Once you start singing," Berlin said in later years, "you start thinking of writing your own songs. It's as simple as that." Although he could not read or write music (he never did learn), he could pick out a melody on the piano in the key of F sharp. In 1909 Berlin, now calling himself Irving because it sounded tonier, landed a $25-a-week job with a Tin Pan Alley publisher. Two years later, he picked his way into American musical history with Alexander's Ragtime Band. More a march than a rag, it made Berlin famous, erroneously...
...American and British behavior during World War II, Fussell argues that the horror was of such magnitude that participants -- civilians as much as soldiers -- survived it only by reliance on euphemism and illusions: our lads were all brave heroes, for example, while theirs were sadistic thugs. Fussell has a sharp eye for the bawdry and the Catch-22 absurdities of combat. But hard to find in his barrages of withering contempt is much sense that this war, for all the bumbling incompetence of its captains, nonetheless had a just cause...
...protests, however, have been a sharp contrast to previous episodes of activism at the Law School. Last spring's silent sit-ins calling for minority hiring consistently drew about 50 participants; last week's rally for public service law attracted about 300 students. And this week, Clark was handed a petition signed by 1055 out of about 1600 law students...