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...experimental on his first and last solo album. Relatively is the key word here: he fits five, sometimes six chords into a single song, and (gasp) evinces a heartfelt concern for social issues. But the first track, a cover of What a Wonderful World, makes up for the general dearth of originality by wedding Joey's affectless vocal style and kick-butt guitar arrangements with Tin Pan Alley poetry and tunefulness. It's proof his comic instinct and exuberance stuck with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Don't Worry About Me | 3/4/2002 | See Source »

...will get less and do less. What was once a self-sufficient federal operation is now yet another under-funded government program. The Superfund will be subject entirely to the whims of Congress, and a tight congressional budget almost guarantees a drop in funding for the program. The current dearth of corporate money in the fund is already having an effect; several projects have been delayed due to a lack of funding. While the Bush administration estimated that 65 sites would be cleaned up in its first year, only 47 sites were actually reclaimed, and the administration estimates that only...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Need for Spring Cleaning | 2/27/2002 | See Source »

...Perhaps the dearth of opportunities to buy heroin online is directly traceable to the spectacular popularity and widespread availability of Oxycontin, an even more addictive opiate painkiller which, until very recently, was barely regulated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clicking for a Fix: Drugs Online | 2/27/2002 | See Source »

Kedem said a dearth of resources has made HSPDS unable to send its members to the Parliamentary World Championship in South Africa since he has been at Harvard, even though HSPDS is the last American team to have won the competition?...

Author: By Vanessa G. Henke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Debate Tourney Highlights Inequality | 2/19/2002 | See Source »

...There is a dearth of tech people at Harvard, and there are even fewer women who do tech,” Julia Reischel ’04, Athena producer said. “I have had to teach people from scratch...

Author: By Nicole B. Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Female and Minority Issues Find Stage Outlet | 2/15/2002 | See Source »

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