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Theory And Practice At The 'Arabic Org': Digital Technology In Contemporary Arab Music Performance, Anne K. Rasmussen Oct 1996

Theory And Practice At The 'Arabic Org': Digital Technology In Contemporary Arab Music Performance, Anne K. Rasmussen

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The synthesizer is ubiquitous on the Arab–American musical scene. Heard at every party, and on every recording, the synthesizer sings the lingua franca of international popular music. While the facade and the body of the synthesizer consist of neutral, slick, black plastic and metal technology, the soul of the instrument, when played by Arab–American musicians, is capable of a completely indigenous, if synthetic, musical idiom. In this article I draw on my experience of six performers of the Arabic ‘org’, commonly known today as ‘keyboards’, to present a sketch of a modern musical tradition.


The Theme Of Grace In Bernanos' ''Diary Of A Country Priest'', Eamon Maher Jul 1996

The Theme Of Grace In Bernanos' ''Diary Of A Country Priest'', Eamon Maher

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Liss Ard, Co. Cork, Noel Brady Apr 1996

Liss Ard, Co. Cork, Noel Brady

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Description and review of art park at Liss Ard in Cork.


War And Migration : The Example Of ''An Ordinary Exodus'' By Roger Bichelberger, Eamon Maher Mar 1996

War And Migration : The Example Of ''An Ordinary Exodus'' By Roger Bichelberger, Eamon Maher

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Sex As A Suspect Class: An Argument For Applying Strict Scrutiny To Gender Discrimination, Deborah Brake Jan 1996

Sex As A Suspect Class: An Argument For Applying Strict Scrutiny To Gender Discrimination, Deborah Brake

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In United States v. Commonwealth of Virginia' ("VMI"), the Supreme Court has a landmark opportunity to revisit the legal standard courts should use to review classifications which treat men and women differently. The VMI case involves an equal protection challenge to the state's exclusion of women from VMI and its establishment of an alternative, sex-stereotyped women's leadership program as a remedy to that exclusion. The United States, which brought the case against VMI, has asked the Supreme Court to rule that sex-based classifications, like classifications based on race, must be subjected to the highest level of constitutional scrutiny, or "strict …