The arrangements of Paul Cohen, who is also the co-writer of Ms. Downs's songs, were spacious and varied but occasionally ham-fisted in the pursuit of sophistication; when he played a short interlude of piano fourths in the middle of "Sale Sobrando," it felt like quick, superficial appropriation of a genre.
There is power in that, which should not be dismissed out of hand by those quick to decry cultural appropriation at every turn.
Fans were quick to call him out for cultural appropriation – something the pop star has been accused of in the past.
Burch said the ad was meant to be playful and chic, but folks online were quick to call her out for cultural appropriation and urged her to include a diverse cast in future projects.
The Senate's new appropriations chairwoman, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), was quick to capitalize on the possibility that greater bipartisan cooperation offered for getting appropriations bills through the Senate.
He's the one driving up the debt and the question they're asking is, why should I deal with his debt limit?" Despite Republican infighting, Washington has experienced a flurry of bipartisan legislative progress over the past month, passing the budget, appropriations and farm bills in relatively quick succession.
The appropriations bill, which is expected to win quick approval from both houses of Congress and Mr. Bush later this week, provides a total of $123.8 billion, up 11percentt.
Their fashion choices were a way of socializing and publicly embracing appropriation — specifically, the American dream as defined by the quick and easy pop culture of the Reagan era.
So-called "rational optimists" are quick to claim that this demand will be easily met without significant further appropriation of land for agricultural use thanks to the ongoing "miracle" of the green revolution.
"The Committee notes that certification of the Advanced Spectroscopic Portal monitor systems by the Secretary will likely not occur expeditiously enough for quick obligation of the requested funds and has reduced this account accordingly," the report on homeland security appropriations says.
An example of racist appropriation?
