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...Family Tree” to pop on “Walk On Me” to rock with “Commerce, TX”, effectively defying categorization. Some songs, particularly “Wasted and Ready” are reminiscent of Weezer, but the most apt comparison is to singer-pianist Ben Folds, particularly on piano-dominated songs like “In Other Words.” Although Kweller is gentler to his piano and his vocals are less jarring than Folds’, their voices sound similar and both use a wide-range of musical styles...
Donna Coughlin, who administers the SAT in Winnetka, Ill., says the surge in "midget" test takers makes for "a brutal morning." Young kids ask endless questions, do more fidgeting, need more bathroom breaks and are more apt to throw...
...Displaying plenty of gaman, Noda sidestepped back up the hill, strapped back in and continued his run?only to veer wildly off across the mountain. Finding his way back to the piste, he resumed once more. Needless to say, he didn't make the cut. It was an apt encapsulation of Asia's performance: doing nothing right, over and over. True, tiny dynamo Hiroyasu Shimizu won silver for the 500-m speedskate, losing to American Casey FitzRandolph by only 0.03 seconds. But Shimizu, on painkillers for a back injury, got gold four years ago in Nagano, when Japan won five...
They agree, in their differing ways, that the moniker is accurate. “I think it’s certainly an apt description of the political climate inspired by Harvard,” says Gladden J. Pappin ’04, managing editor of the Salient. From the opposite end of the ideological spectrum, Alexandra Neuhaus-Follini ’03, managing editor of Perspective, gives less credit to Harvard. “I’ve found many Harvard students disappointingly apathetic. The urge to get ahead seems to mute potentially opinionated voices. Permanent residents, on the other...
...Best Actor slot, despite mixed-to-poor reviews for his film. Will Smith, on the other hand, will probably miss out on a nomination for his unimpressive and largely unrewarded performance in the meandering Ali. A chance at the Oscar will also elude Billy Bob Thornton, whose support is apt to be split between his roles in The Man Who Wasn’t There, Monster’s Ball and Bandits...