The program focuses on popular music styles that most students already listen to, including rock, blues, rap and hip-hop.

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Stripping away the often elaborate ornamentation of the architectural styles popular before World War I, it was a conscious effort to capture the spirit of modernity.

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In a game-like fashion, users can tap into the elements of popular songs and styles of famous musicians, then combine them to develop their own masterpieces to share with others.

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Today, Kabuki is the most popular of the traditional styles of Japanese drama.

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Stephen Nason, who has watched the school grow over his nearly two decades there and who co-teaches a popular class on negotiating styles, sat down with The Wall Street Journal in his Hong Kong office.

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Ms. Atkin ties it to a shift in the hair styles that are popular.

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Rock-a-billy, motorcycle, Western, military, and Ivy League styles have become especially popular, both for natty men to wear and for designers (Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein) to emulate.

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As a result, it only took pre-orders on its most popular style, the zipped hooded sweatshirts, while being unable to restock the other styles of clothing, like T-shirts and sweatpants, that had also sold out.

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