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...irony is that TV networks have been out of touch with the working class for years. Blue-collar TV characters used to be routine: Ralph Kramden, Fred Sanford, Laverne and Shirley. TV was the people's medium, after all. But now network dramas and sitcoms have been gentrified. The better to woo upscale viewers, TV has evicted its mechanics and dockworkers to collect higher rents from yuppies in coffeehouses. Even cop shows have been taken away from beat cops and given to the eggheads on CSI and Numb3rs. Goodbye, Roseanne. Hello, Liz Lemon...
...church’s membership has dwindled to seven members, mostly family and close friends of the pastor, Sister Shirley Davis...
...employee in the development office who oversaw these gifts retired, he was never replaced, and Rogers, who took office last fall, decided to expand that role by creating an entire team. Roger P. Cheever ‘67, Charles Collier, Joseph F. X. Donovan ‘72, and Shirley A. Peppers will report directly to Rogers in order to “have capacity to work with large donors who may have more than one interest or whose interests that span across school boundaries,” Rogers said. During his term, Summers tried to move away from...
...factory tour. (Diehards bring their owner's manual so Randall can autograph it.) "Mac is one of those companies like Harley-Davidson that is nostalgic and supports U.S. jobs," says Schwartz. "How could you leave something like that?" There is still some hand assembly, and a final inspector, Shirley, approves each product before shipping. "We are never the earliest developers of a technology," says Randall. "We wait for the dust to settle, and then the technology is mature enough...
...albums. The cello was coated in crisp, low-frequency reverb that took full advantage of Somerville Theater’s excellent acoustics. Bass notes seemingly resonated forever, and higher parts sounded full and organic. Merritt played mostly rhythm on the bouzouki, sharing lead vocals with pianist Claudia Gonson and Shirley Simms, the band’s new singer. Claudia’s upright piano was padded to muffle high-frequency resonance, yielding full but unobtrusive background chords and soft, understated scraps of twee melody. Individually, Shirley, Claudia, and Merritt are quite capable vocalists; together, however, they are far more than...