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...walk up Unter den Linden to the Brandenburg Gate, and the great arch reminds you of Mother and Dad and how they eloped to Stillwater, Okla., and got married. (What year was that?) You walk into Parliament to meet your friend Matthew who grew up in a good leftist family and was made a peer by the Labour government, and you love to address him as Milord because it makes him wince, which reminds you of your history teacher Mr. Faust, and before long you are remembering Mr. Hochstetter and Miss Story and Miss Melby, who are clearer...
...greatest athletes in history - and this is his pet event," said a subdued Hackett. "(Thorpe) must be just hurting." Thorpe is perhaps the nation's most revered sports personality and fans were quick to demand a review of the process - even a ditching of the rules. Arch-rival Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband described the situation as "laughable" and said Australian selectors were "arrogant." "It shows a lack of respect to treat (Thorpe) like this." Swimming Australia defended the starting rule as one known to schoolchildren the world over. SA president John Devitt says the Olympic selection system...
...your feet, and their giddy soul is revealed in every trick they use to get the job done. Pace shifts are everywhere; they crib harmonies from the Beatles and bass lines from Kool & the Gang. To close the ebullient Darts of Pleasure, they sing in German. They can be arch, but they are not elitists, and they are way too exuberant to be judgmental. Unlike some people. --By Josh Tyrangiel
...Greece and Albania … there is a shortage in the blood supply, but there is no shortage of blood.” Tallahassee’s concept grows tired at times—one wonders in just how many ways this relationship can be described, but the arch to the album is successfully completed with the blithe closer “Alpha Rats’ Nest,” a hopeful plea for a happy perpetuation of this love/hate relationship...
...with their art credentials well and truly established, and a gallery show for the album in the offing (seriously), what does the music sound like? Susman’s deadpan delivery and the occasionally cerebral music are a little arch at times. On “Oh Sombra,” Susman’s voice appears deliberately quavery, overpowered by the gathering waves of chiming guitars and snowballing drums. Yet the album never abandons the ideal of pop music, taking some surprising and ambitious turns in order to keep the pretensions light-footed. The garage strut...