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...dark.” He brings a familiar tone of an unapologetic malcontent to “Ludlow Street,” which features a bizarre sitar introduction before transitioning into a boozy, demented waltz. Over a skipping drum machine and pleasant guitar strumming, Casablancas’ wistfully praises common street musicians while condemning the “yuppie expansion.” “Everything seems to go wrong once I stop drinking,” he bashfully declares at the song’s opening. He’s one of the decade’s finest...

Author: By Zachary N. Bernstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Julian Casblancas | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...recent study in Western Ecuador was prompted by a 2002 study in Costa Rica, which focused on two species of geographically separated butterflies with a common ancestor. Although these white– and yellow–winged species had once been the same species, members of each preferred mating with butterflies of the same species—an example of what is known as assortative mating preference...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Butterflies Lend Insights About Speciation | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...guess they could start with a bronze baby shoe that my mother had made. It was kind of common in the early 20th century—preserving the babyhood by bronzing the baby shoe. The story of my life starts with my coming into a family that cared about me and supported...

Author: By BETH E. BRAITERMAN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Laurel Thatcher Ulrich | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

Athletes across this entire spectrum have one thing in common: the use and maintenance of their bodies...

Author: By Justin W. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Athletes Endure Despite Injuries | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...priority to the lower strata," he says. It's admirable to boost the poor, who before Chávez were largely ignored by Venezuela's élite. But Flerida Rengifo, a demographics analyst at the Central University, says stories of the Venezuelan middle-class brain drain are getting more common. "There's no support for private industry," she says, "so people feel unsupported by the state in terms of their ability to invest in the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Venezuela vs. Colombia: The Battle Over Emigrés | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

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