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Philip Springer, a legendary composer who co-wrote the holiday hit “Santa Baby,” told MarketWatch he wasn’t keen on how Bublé wanted to approach the song, tweaking it so that “Santa baby” becomes “Santa buddy.”
From MarketWatch
Growing up in the 1960s, he often felt that he was “getting in the way” of his parents, who wanted to join the Summer of Love in San Francisco.
“I think it’s actually going to rewrite how cities are made entirely. If we wanted to use some of that space to build more housing and make cities more affordable, we could.”
From MarketWatch
“I wanted to laugh with them and sometimes their naivete is funny and endearing. But I never wanted to ridicule them. Of course, it’s a very scary thing to try and do.”
From Los Angeles Times
Her staff called all 13,000 families in the district to ask whether they needed resources and whether they wanted access to virtual classes for the upcoming school year.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
