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    The students actually had the opportunity to play a variety of rhythm instruments together. There were instruments of all sizes; some that were played while straddling, some that are carried, and some that were three-feet tall.

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    We stand by our decision on the enterprise zones; the later vote absolutely was not as environmentally clear as the one we used.

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    Science needs the intuition and metaphorical power of the arts, and the arts need the fresh blood of science ... Interpretation is the logical channel of consilient explanation between science and the arts. The arts ... also nourish our craving for the mystical.

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    The fact the race is so based on name recognition only, those that can raise enough money to buy billboards and commercials will make it, ... and those people don't always necessarily have the city in their best interests. Those of us who may not have the resources to do it, fight for the little votes out there, and we end up dragging ourselves down.

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    It was really blown out of proportion. It was just something to show us how not retaliate if something like that ever happened on the field or at school. Our job would be to ignore it, to act like men, but to ignore it and get back to playing football. It was a lesson, an act. It was about tolerance.

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    We're told we're not supposed to gossip, that our reputation plummets, but in this context there may be an expectation that you should gossip: you're obligated to tell, like an informal version of the honor code at military academies,

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    I think things are finally coming together. We're a very young team, and we didn't swim well early in the year.

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