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SNEAKER PIMPS • Bloodsport (Tommy Boy Records) On the Sneaker Pimps’ third album, Bloodsport, they dump their vocalist, Kelly Dayton, the voice of their most recognizable hits, “Six Underground” and “Low Five” and adopt a more raw male vocal sound. The feel of the album can’t be described as alternative. It lies somewhere between indie and electronica, informed as much by the smooth beats of Moby’s relaxed moments as by Apollo Four Forty’s frenetic, guitar-based electronica...
...dividing the oil-rich Caspian Sea between its five surrounding states ended in complete disarray. The Caspian's status is still governed by a 1940 agreement between the U.S.S.R. and Iran, and the summit was meant to end a decade of bitter squabbling. But the meeting failed to adopt even a planned declaration after Iranian President Mohammed Khatami walked out and Turkmenistan accused Azerbaijan of intransigence over a disputed oil field. "More problems emerged than expected," admitted Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev...
...Many departments are willing to count freshman seminars for concentration credit if it’s taught by a member of the department,” she says. “I think most departments will adopt that...
...fair bargaining provision is one of the most important recommendations that the HCECP made and Summers has ignored it completely. Not only did Summers fail to adopt the provision, he neglected even to give a reason for his refusal to do so. Summers’ rejection of the fair bargaining provision implies that he might use Harvard’s bargaining power in order to push wages back down as soon as he can get away with...
...that it is composed primarily of humanitarian officials rather than military experts. The Israeli leader's primary concern right now may be his own political survival, and the fact that his only credible challenger - former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu - is stalking him from the right has prompted Sharon to adopt ever-more hawkish positions...