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...their first album, “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.” Incited by a handful of internet demos—and a rabid fan base—the ever-hyperbolic British music press set out to anoint them as the new kings of music. And while the excitable NME magazine finds a new best-band-of-all-time whenever its interns connect to the iTunes music store, for once, they’re pretty close to right...
Republicans, unlike Democrats, like to anoint their presidential candidates early. The leading indicator is often the G.O.P. moneymen, who rush to get into the game at the first whiff of a winner. In 1998 and '99 they got behind a newcomer Texas Governor and made him the early, formidable favorite for the 2000 race. Now, although it's two years until the first primary contest of 2008, a surprising number of those very same people seem to be settling on a most ironic choice: Arizona Senator John McCain, George W. Bush's bitter adversary in 2000 and a mischiefmaker whose...
...just because Nichols was gone did not mean that Capp would be elected to succeed him. Glazer and his allies had to act quickly to anoint Clay if he were to be elected...
...care that you heard of them first. Personally I like to see talent rewarded with radio play and airtime on music networks. I’d rather America’s youth grow up on organic stuff like the White Stripes than the next shrink-wrapped commodity the labels anoint for pop stardom. And it’s good to see bands make it on the quality of their songwriting, not the brand of cigarette they smoke. The Postal Service is doing something new and different to spread their music without losing one speck of artistic control. More power...
...battle for control of the streets. Indeed, the "sovereignty" that is to be transferred is distinctly limited - effective control of the country, and even of its newly minted security forces, would remain in the hands of the U.S. military commander rather than whatever government structure the U.S. opts to anoint. And if the day-to-day reality of Iraq is shaped by the clash between the U.S. military and rebel militias, an interim authority may begin to look irrelevant...