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...also exalted the theatrical element over the musical. It happens that the Jonases write most of their own songs, which on first listen did not make me eager for a second. But the basic impact is visual: they're meant to be simultaneously cheerful and lubricious, to fulfill their fans' childlike idolatry and blooming sexual awareness. That's how the brothers' antiseptic image, and the movie's G rating, can coexist with the Jaggeresque poses and wind sprints of the one in the center, Joe Jonas...
...explain in layman's terms what indicators you're looking for? The process we're following is the rise of magma from depth to the surface. That gives off signs. One of the most basic is earthquake activity. Magma, as it rises, breaks rock to make room for itself. As the pressure lowers on it, it degases; it's like opening a pop bottle. We pick up the vibrations from the gas and magma. Since the magma has to make space for itself as it rises, the surface of the volcano deforms and we can look for those deformations. Then...
...quite the dark abyss of despair the North Atlantic media hypes it up to be: Most people in developing countries find ways to eat and meet their psychological needs each day, although it’s certainly a struggle. OLPC admits that its task is not to cover the basic basics or ease every ill. It is to equip people to improve their lives on their own terms...
...Grose, Dean • allegedly amusing e-mail depicting watermelons on White House lawn is sent by to fellow Orange County citizens, among them an unamused black woman • unawareness that the alleged affinity of African Americans for watermelon is one of the basic tenets of racial stereotyping is claimed by • why the - okay, Dean, have it your way - non-racist image of watermelons on the White House lawn is supposed to be funny goes unexplained...
...government hopes its peace deal in Swat will drive a wedge between militants there and the stronger, more ambitious Mehsud - and, if successful, that it can be replicated on other fronts. But as is demonstrated by the shifting alliances in Waziristan, the basic problem facing the Pakistani government is that most of the population in the areas it's trying to pacify, while not inherently opposed to the Pakistani state, nonetheless support the principle of fighting the Americans in Afghanistan...