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...than many of their past albums. Coming after a whirlwind near-breakup followed by a breakthrough opening for Radiohead, Destroyer presents some novel sounds for the band, making equal use of melody, silence and reverb-driven dissonance. Still, it is very much a Low album, and the brief moments of near-convention fit perfectly with the extended silences and moping harmonies that make up the rest. There seems to be a pop sensibility peeking out from behind their austere sound, as something resembling a more conventional melodic structure rears its head in the middle of some of these new songs...
...might have been an edgy comedy. There are the occasional underhanded jabs – “Oh sweet mother of Jesus, who gave that woman an amp?” – for which weddings provide the perfect backdrop. A crucial pep talk also allows another brief moment of realism, as Nick suggests to the groom, “You go back and you get to spend the rest of your life having great makeup...
Harvard has traditionally excelled in the brief history of the award, now in its eighth year, with its players winning four of the first seven. Angela Ruggiero ’02-’04 became the first defenseman to take home the prize last year, after Jennifer Botterill ’02-’03 was the first two-time winner the year before that. A.J. Mleczko ’97-’99 was the second-even recipient of the award in her senior campaign...
...emerged from the Oval Office into the narrow hallway just outside it, I ran into Vice President Cheney. He was in his overcoat and was clearly in a hurry. He muttered a brief hello to me as he asked an aide who had come up behind me, "Do you have it?" The aide handed him a letter, which he tucked into his pocket as he rushed out. As I would soon discover, the letter was the President's answer to the appeal sent by Senator Hagel and his three colleagues the week before. In his reply, the President restated...
...Judge Ambro had no doubt in his mind that this case was going to get Supreme Court review,” said Howard J. Bashman, an attorney representing veterans’ groups that filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of the Pentagon...