The superintendent of schools, David Weiss, now has a temporary office inside a school, because the administration building was damaged.

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Its creators, producer Bob Thiele and songwriter George David Weiss, hoped that Armstrong's grandfatherly image would help convey the song's message - and the message was political.

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David Weiss, the self-described "default de facto" leader of the group, won a CMA grant for "The Turning Gate, " a revolving phrase of 51 beats inspired by a Korean fable about unattainable happiness.

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