51.   A ballet that does not have the usual look of just happening to be set to popular music, it offers an exhilarating tension between classical and popular art.

52.   A federal appeals court dealt Napster Inc. a potentially fatal blow Monday, upholding a lower court ruling that said the tremendously popular online music service violated copyright laws.

53.   A Ninth Circuit panel ruled the Redwood City startup violated copyright laws with its popular online music sharing program.

54.   A proliferation of U.S. culture, including popular music, fast-food franchises and movies, also makes expatriates feel at home.

55.   Adrienne Bond, who teaches creative writing and poetry at Mercer University, plans to come up with a course examining the influence of popular music on contemporary poetry.

56.   After all, black popular music has its roots in the church, and much gospel also creates riffs on biblical passages.

57.   Brooks has become the best-selling male solo artist in the history of popular music and Ms. Twain is among the top-selling female singers.

58.   Buck finds the current emphasis in popular music on vocal harmonies, choreography and big stage productions less than inspiring.

59.   But as soon as sound-shaping technology approached the threshold of convenience, popular music took the paradigms of electronic composition and ran with them.

60.   But classical music that takes delight in the cornucopia of popular music styles pulls audiences right into its arms.