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...Green.Attributing the drop-off in the third to a more relaxed attitude, the women’s team was not fazed by the tighter score.“I think it was mostly that we were comfortable,” Ingersoll said. “Even though it was closer, we still had that control of the match.”Friday’s victory was the first time this season that Harvard did not allow an opposing ace. The Crimson also established a six game winning streak—the team’s longest since...
...does not mean that it needs to appease China on every issue of importance.In contrast to the predictions of the Wolfowitz clique, East Asia has actually become one of the more politically stable regions of the world. The past three decades have seen the United States and China move closer and closer to consensus on a variety of major international issues, including the fight against terrorism, the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, and the importance of free trade. A new national missile defense system would send an aggressive signal to the Chinese government and threaten to reverse all the diplomatic...
...perfect transition into the seventh track “Namer.” On eighth track “Golden,” the overall sound lends itself more to that of the traditional music of China, with the pentatonic motifs and Chinese instrumentation. The album’s closer, “From Stardust to Sentience,” wraps up the story nicely. Lyrically, this song is by far the most profound, yet at the same time the most gratifying. Pearson sings: “Millions of forces of physics and providence / Teamed up and brought...
...Night” is crafted with much more of an arena-rock feel than anything else the band has released. Many of the songs defy the Kings’ old garage rock sound with a new emphasis on veneer. A gimmicky guitar riff drives album opener “Closer,” and it’s far from enough to get the listener through its dragging four minutes of heartbreak, which feature lyrics like, “You shimmy-shook my boat / Leaving me stranded all in love on my own.” Further signs of overproduction...
...defends Sarah Palin, but her standing among Republicans and independents has dropped, and her widely watched TV interviews have reduced her to Dan Quayle status as a punch line for late-night comics. As conservatives correctly note, Joe Biden's latest gaffes have been largely ignored; but Palin demands closer evaluation than Biden, who has been in the arena for 36 years. Fueled by stronger polling numbers, Obama has won back his most important advantage: he now has more plausible ways to win 270 electoral votes than does McCain. The question "Is it over?" is premature...