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...Alliance has much to be pleased about. Its leaders won high marks from press and public for conducting a thoughtful, positive campaign, and it showed that 7 million Britons were willing to vote for a partnership that did not exist two years ago. The Alliance may not have broken the mold of British politics, but it has surely left a few cracks. Declares an S.D.P. strategist: "We are not stopping...
Counselors describe today's students as sexually sophisticated but wary. Says Julianne Baffin, a dean of campus life at Atlanta's Emory University: "They have already had their share of heartbreaks in broken relationships. They have already been the dumpee or dumper, and they don't want that any more." Instead of floating into relationships, she says, students are more likely to go out socially in groups. "It isn't that sex as recreation has gone back into the closet," she says. "It's just that it's not considered a primary pursuit any more...
...from the get-go with her new studio album “Detours,” which bills itself as the work of a contemplative and reborn artist engaging in a weighty wrestling match with concerns ranging from the White House to a bout with breast cancer to a broken engagement with cycling star Lance Armstrong. The political material comes first, and it comes strong. The album’s first and shortest track, “God Bless This Mess” might well be its best. With an acoustic guitar and a set of scratchy, vinyl-sounding vocals...
...doing any of these things. The folk-rock artist, who hails from Canada, recently released his fourth solo album “Here’s to Being Here.” Collett, perhaps better known for his membership in the heavily-populated indie-rock group “Broken Social Scene,” took time off from the band to make his latest release—perhaps he should have stuck with them. At first glance, the CD immediately gives off the impression of an artist way too into himself. The cover is a close-up of Collett?...
...eatery on Roat?n Island, Honduras, the young boy who came out to take my order was wearing a T-shirt from my hometown - a purple Wellesley softball shirt that looked identical to the one my family had recently donated to charity. Excitedly, I tried to explain to him in broken Spanish that he was wearing my sister's shirt, which he interpreted as an accusation that he had stolen it. The boy profusely denied my allegations, and when he reappeared with my fried chicken, he was wearing a different shirt to deter any further conversation on the matter...