Word: chest
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...whispered their way to the top of the alternative charts. It’s not a bad move, ripping off the acoustic plinkings of bygone modern folk singers. But let’s not forget: Jeff Buckley drowned, Nick Drake overdosed, and Elliott Smith was found stabbed in the chest. Sure their records were lovely—raw, and eerie. They may have made heaps of money: but then they croaked. They died untimely deaths and now their songs can be heard behind the suicide sequences of movies like “The Royal Tenenbaums.” These...
...Cuellar to try to turn the vote his way, but he lost again. Early in this latest campaign, he waffled about staying in the race and was viewed as a long shot to defeat Bonilla, a powerful member of the House Appropriations Committee with a $1.6 million campaign war chest...
...region where "government is the economy," Hernandez said, Bonilla had been able to parlay his seat on the appropriations committee into a sizable campaign war chest and a powerful platform. The district stretches from El Paso east to San Antonio and south to the Mexican border, embracing several cities with large military bases and poor, rural counties where federal programs are vital. But once the power shifted away from Republicans in the House, in Hernandez's view, independent voters pragmatically voted for Rodriguez...
...cultural outpost for the museum's overspill, particularly its collection of dolls and children's costumes. Some of the gloom and an aura of worthiness persisted even after its rebirth as the Museum of Childhood in 1974. But a visit there became a quiet family pleasure - a treasure chest for kids of toys, games and cool stuff from around the world and across the centuries, and for parents, an invitation to bathe in nostalgia. Following a 13-month, $9.2 million makeover, the museum still exudes a tranquil charm. But light now floods in through roof panels, and with...
...this time of year, it’s in fashion either to lambaste exorbitant political correctness or to bemoan the inherent exclusionism in conventional holiday greetings, depending on one’s political stripes. But in the midst of the chest-thumping and hand-wringing, it’s best to remember what, in this country, makes the Christmas season go—money...