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Melancholy is common in the group’s songs (at least seven other pieces focus on love lost or never found), but it never robs the compositions of their sincerity and vibrancy. The slinky double bass and drum brush-work of “Veronique” is cut straight from a smoky Harlem jazz club. “The Gardens of Sampson & Beasley” has a crisp energy in its samba beat that betrays its nostalgic lyrics. “Clementine,” which carries Burt Bacharach’s spirit if not his name, counters...
...represent a new breed of terror for India. The blasts were synchronized and used a high-quality explosive. This was the work of a well-financed terror group that needed no suicide bombers. As a nation, India must now move on from merely praising its phenomenal ability to seemingly brush off and heal from its many natural and man-made disasters—it must develop and hone its intelligence network to prevent these attacks, and not allow terrorism to deter the peace process in Kashmir. In the first few days following the Bombay blasts, official statements from New Delhi...
...Most of this awkward time she has been quiet, with a dull gaze that harbors reproach, for him or herself or both. At one point she touches her dark shirt to brush off something we can't quite see - is it her chagrin, her defeat, the evidence of her lover's passion? Then, Jean plays the gentleman and makes a fatal mistake. He says, "I forgive you." And she explodes in a derisive giggle. Even more than the insult, he senses the threat. "Then this letter is not the worst of it?" he asks, and she replies, like a death...
Online maps are getting one heck of a makeover. And that's good news for travelers as well as for city dwellers eager to brush up on the delights of their own turf. Once just electronic versions of printed maps, online maps can now locate everything from the best street-food vendors in New York City to the Arctic Monkeys' concert route across Britain, complete with addresses, details and occasionally images. These new-style maps, called mashups, are created by blending Internet applications such as Google Maps and Yahoo! Maps with data on just about anything to create personalized guides...
...that would not always be possible, he lamented. Perhaps they could do it by mail? "If you write me each time what you already know, I'll give you a nice little problem to solve." He sent a toy for each of his sons, along with an admonition to brush their teeth well. "I do the same and am very happy now to have kept enough healthy teeth...