Word: crude
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During this process, he becomes equal parts writer and musician, all shades of categorization afterward inevitably falling prey to crude underlying cultural assumptions and models, both about poetry and rap. Aesop acknowledges that “some people like my shit, some don’t,” but refuses to get sucked into marketing himself as an “intellectual rapper...
...content cops have no say in what's beamed down from Sirius' three satellites. And Sirius is taking full advantage of its outlier status to serve up fare you would never hear over the AM/FM dial, from frat-boy channels like Maxim Radio to hip-hop so crude it might make Eminem blush...
During this process, he becomes equal parts writer and musician, all shades of categorization afterward inevitably falling prey to crude underlying cultural assumptions and models, both about poetry and rap. Aesop acknowledges that “some people like my shit, some don’t,” but refuses to get sucked into marketing himself as an “intellectual rapper...
...economic growth, fueling a booming thirst for oil. The rest of the world's appetite for oil hasn't diminished. Use in the U.S.--still far and away the world's largest oil consumer--is growing along with economic activity by 200,000 barrels a day annually while domestic crude-oil production stagnates. Britain, long an oil exporter from its North Sea reserves, will soon become a net importer. Last year world oil production increased, but demand for oil rose faster...
...about timing. Georgia Tech's Shelton, an engineering professor and oil-futures expert, says the extent of the economic damage depends on how fast oil prices rise. A slow climb "gives people time to adjust," he argues, and affords industry time to develop new or more efficient technologies. Crude prices have been steadily rising over the past two years--to nearly $60 a barrel, compared with $30 in early 2004. While individuals are certainly feeling the pinch, the economy overall so far has continued to grow...