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...this LP as elsewhere, Massive Attack’s music can tend towards the formulaic. Take a catchy beat, drench it in spare, sinister loops, mix in some guest vocals and voilá—the songs on “Heligoland” rarely deviate from the template. As a result, it’s sometimes easy for the tracks to fall into a lull or feel stagnant. “Girl I Love You” and “Flat of the Blade,” though solid tracks overall, are prime examples of this kind...

Author: By Matthew C. Stone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Massive Attack | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...Studies support her: teens are less susceptible to media firestorms that galvanize the grownups, like those set off by a famous pregnant person or a seminaked tween star. But when most outlets say the same thing, the effect can be overwhelming. "We call this the drip-drip vs. the drench effect," says Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Truth About Teen Girls | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

Camden welcomed the rowers with sunny skies that quickly darkened to drench the later races, which were moved up in the day out of fear of a forecast that promised thunderstorms in the afternoon...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Finishes Behind Wisconsin | 5/19/2008 | See Source »

...case you fear traveling light, here's a superfluous tchotchke to lug around. It's an umbrella designed to protect your camera. Once you've set up your tripod, this goes up top, above the camera, so that the storm doesn't drench your $1,000 device. In a downpour, setting up and adjusting the umbrella to protect your camera may prove a tricky task. And how often are you desperate to set up a tripod photo when it's raining hard enough to require an umbrella? It'll only cost $25 to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tackiest Tech of Vegas | 1/11/2007 | See Source »

...committee made up of class marshals, house representatives from the Senior Class Committee and a recently appointed Senior Gift Co-Chair. The committee deliberated until about 6:30 a.m. yesterday and then trekked to Habib’s and Botelho’s rooms to announce their appointments and drench them in champagne. “We wanted to inaugurate them in style,” Finne said. “It was quite fun.” Two weeks ago, Finne and officials at the Harvard Development Office picked Matthew P. Downer ’07 and J. Barton...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senior Class Fills Post-Grad Roles | 11/16/2006 | See Source »

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