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...behind the next step to an easier, happier life for the yuppie jet-setter, lay a deeper discovery--that the media tends to leap without looking. What the news failed to discuss amidst all their accolades were the conditions in which this amazing cure was found. One elderly woman whose biological clock differs from those of most people...
There are some redeeming spots, however, amidst Gabriel's first foray into the blissful world of pop. "Red Rain," though hampered by insufferable plasma images, conjures up memories of past highlights like "San Jacinto" and "Here Comes The Flood." On the flip side of the disk, "Mercy Street" successfully tiptoes the line between Muzak and minimalism on the strength of poetic images like "Mercy Street in your daddy's arms again." While they don't compare with anything on Gabriel's third eponymous album, these two songs at least show that the former art-rocker remembers something from his past...
...Friday and the commuters crowding into the Central Square station had spent the past three hours dreaming of going home. Amidst the suits and briefcases sticky with sweat, a tall teenager and shorter companion stood, watching and waiting. When the moment was right, they seized it, slipping halfway under the turnstile, seemingly unnoticed by the people they were using as their cover. But the older one was too tall, or too lethargic from the heat. The token seller spotted him, wriggling through a pair of pinstriped legs...
What's a Jewish boy from Watertown to do amidst all these Irish Catholics? That's the question State Sen. George Bachrach (D-Watertown) has been asking ever since Joseph P. Kennedy II entered the Eighth Congressional District race last fall. You can also bet that the rest of the candidates in the district are wondering the same thing, only with a slightly different ethnic twist, such as: What's a grandson of Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 to do when competing against another political icon...
WATER IS A very funny movie. It is also a really dumb flick. The laughter produced is greatest when the gags are the most idiotic. The audience guffaws amidst cries of "How stupid...