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...concert began with a solo set by Dylan's more melodiously-voiced counterpart, Paul Simon. On the whole, Simon's live performance did not live up to his recording reputation. His style, which seems to border on world-music kitsch, was very treble emphasized and percussion heavy, assuming an almost flippant, less weighty framework. Beginning his set with many of his earlier works, especially many he originally recorded with Garfunkel, his renditions of "Mrs. Robinson" and "Bridge over Troubled Waters" were unconvincing testimonies of his solo career. But the latter-day Simon finally came out during less-instrumental tinged moments...
...rental vans and explosives, but none of motive. This was a day care center, a place for children to be safe in summer when school is out and their parents? work weeks continue unrelenting. The older children at the day camp were away at the time, touring the Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance, prompting Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of that sad shrine, to try to make a kind of insane sense of this installment of America?s recent ravaging by men and guns and news choppers. "It's ironic that the 20 children were here learning about man's inhumanity...
When the Schwabbies get back to home base, they have more to tell Hubbard about the experience. Virtually all of it is enthusiastic. Simon Dalgleish, a senior analyst in the business-strategy group, says he learned that "I can do things way outside the realm of what I thought I could. And it can be a blast." He even advises others never to "shy away from a challenge. By doing so you're potentially choosing not to have...
Cronin and Kennedy describe the movement to save the Hudson in The Riverkeepers, published by Simon & Schuster (website: www.riverkeeper.org) Today 23 U.S. Riverkeepers watch over lakes, creeks, ponds and bays from Long Island Sound to Cook Inlet in Alaska, and the first Canadian keeper program began last month on the Petitcodiac River in New Brunswick...
...pleasure, Simon and Dylan performed a trio of duets (including "Sounds of Silence" and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", for those keeping track). Their voices paired unexpectedy well. In these brief minutes, the duo seemed to nullify any doubts that were raised concerning this unlikely alliance...