In the past quarter century, the composers at the heart of the New York-based Bang on a Can collective Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon, and David Lang have sustained what may be the most convivial vanguard in modern musical history.

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And tomorrow, my administration will release a new "College Scorecard" that parents and students can use to compare schools based on a simple criteria - where you can get the most bang for your educational buck.

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"Black holes can bang on space time like mallets on a drum, " she said.

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If doctors make more effort "to counsel patients on what a general healthy-eating diet is like, we can get a lot of bang for the buck, " she added.

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