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...college course, then denied it to the ethics committee, is less murky, at least on the basis of the committee's report. It offers a full record of instances in which Gingrich declared that his purpose was to raise up a generation of G.O.P. activists. Against those, his bland assurances in at least two letters to the investigating committee that the course was "completely nonpartisan" ring hollow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSE SQUEAKER | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

Nonetheless, Steve Iskovitz, Cambridgeport resident and a councilor candidate in 2001 called this year’s race “a pretty bland election...

Author: By Natalie I. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Council Hopefuls Face Off | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...what is he going to be remembered for? Principally for Iraq. your affection for the u.s. seems to have declined, too. I still get a huge buzz from just being in America. Do I get a buzz from President Bush's Administration? No. you've issued your share of bland communiques, but your book calls for more open international disagreement. It often ends up in self-delusion if, with a great power, you don't take arguments head-on. I don't think Britain ended up influencing the Bush Administration on Iraq one jot. We were simply a sort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions For Chris Patten | 10/16/2005 | See Source »

...creative genius behind “Almost Famous.” In this new film, the writer-director attempts to make sense of the varied and often irreverent cultural contrasts and contradictions he finds amid the Mississippi River Valley. Crowe starts his film in the contrastingly sterile and bland corporate world, in which shoe designer Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) has just been fired (“Jerry Maguire” much?). When a suicidal Drew is interrupted by news of his father’s unexpected death, he leaves behind his botched attempt to take his life and travels...

Author: By Patrick R. Chesnut, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Elizabethtown | 10/13/2005 | See Source »

...Apple debuted with the album, “Tidal,” in which she masterfully channeled her anger over her parents’ separation and her own brutal rape. She followed with the bland “When the Pawn…,” whose infamous 90-word title received more attention than the mediocre recordings. On “Extraordinary Machine,” Apple performs, rather than laments...

Author: By Kristina M. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Music: Fiona Apple | 10/7/2005 | See Source »

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