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...humans are an ambitious species, it's clear we're not the only one. Many animals are known to signal their ambitious tendencies almost from birth. Even before wolf pups are weaned, they begin sorting themselves out into alphas and all the others. The alphas are quicker, more curious, greedier for space, milk, Mom--and they stay that way for life. Alpha wolves wander widely, breed annually and may live to a geriatric 10 or 11 years old. Lower-ranking wolves enjoy none of these benefits--staying close to home, breeding rarely and usually dying before they...
...Alpha-Hydroxy Acids Although they may sound unpleasant if not somewhat painful, alpha-hydroxy acids were all the rage in cosmetics this year. AHAS are acids derived from fruit, sugar or milk that are used in beauty creams to minimize wrinkles. Available largely by prescription until now, AHAS have turned up in skin-care products by Elizabeth Arden, Estee Lauder, Revlon and Avon...
Songs from this decade of lo-fi recording and prodigious songwriting mostly fall into certain series. One such series, dominated by song titles beginning with “Alpha,” develops the narrative of a couple entwined in a mutually destructive and inescapable relationship. “Tallahassee,” the group’s first album for label 4AD, arrived in 2002 as a culmination of this series, a concept album that tracks their attempts to salvage a failed marriage and the eventual divorce...
...been received with reservations by fans accustomed to the raw truthfulness of previous work. In addition, both albums abandon the traditional song-series and their fictional narratives, telling instead an autobiographical account of Darnielle’s childhood. Writing closer to home, Darnielle drops the overbearing hysterics of the alpha-series lover for projections onto details of his childhood. Take despair: In “Tahallassee” our protagonist loses perspective, remarking, “Our love is like the border between Greece and Albania.” In “The Sunset Tree” a young...
...Number of named Atlantic storms this year, breaking the 1933 record. Tropical Storm Alpha formed late last week...