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...Noise cancellation doesn't seal off everything, but it does create a calmer environment for you to hear your own music. The recreation of music by the MDR-NC50s is clear and full -pristine in fact. It could be louder, however...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Headphones Made for a Noisy World | 12/20/2005 | See Source »

...one’s bladder...in addition, there were numerous bottles left in the buses (we’re technically not supposed to drink on the bus), some of which were filled with urine, and spilled beer all over the seats. In my opinion, the buses were some of calmer ones I have seen at any outing, but a relatively small slip up has put us between a rock and a hard place...

Author: By Nicholas F. B. Smyth | Title: The Plympton Street Hooligans | 11/16/2005 | See Source »

...TIME that their strategy is to detect and contain any problem overseas, show the American people that the President is in command and the government is doing whatever can be done to prepare, and inform the public so that the reaction to any instances of bird flu might be calmer. "Scientists and doctors cannot tell us where or when the next pandemic will strike, or how severe it will be, but most agree: At some point, we are likely to face another pandemic," Bush said. "And the scientific community is increasingly concerned by a new influenza virus known as H5N1...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush v. Bird Flu | 11/1/2005 | See Source »

...about a character learning to accept his life and all its shortcomings, or, as Claire puts it, to “wallow in the delicious misery.” The quick cuts that overwhelm upon Drew’s first meeting his family in Kentucky are replaced by calmer shots at the end, and, like Drew, we are finally able to see the beauty in his surroundings despite (or perhaps due to his acceptance of) the frequent disarray. Ultimately, the film succeeds because Crowe is not maliciously satirizing a certain region of the country or political view. Drew?...

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

...often speaks of his "identity in Christ," and to him that trumps his identity as a gay man. A lot of Exodus youths seemed captives of their Christianity, caught in a hermetic loop of lust and gay sex (or masturbation), followed by confession and grim determination. Wilson is different--calmer, more convincing when he says he communes with God. He doesn't deny that he is still sometimes attracted to men, but he doesn't seem to be struggling. "I don't think God would give you a struggle," he says. "I think he brings freedom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle Over Gay Teens | 10/2/2005 | See Source »

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