Word: duos
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...celebrity duo is visiting a school and counseling facility for children affected by the Sichuan earthquake, paid for by Versace and operated under the auspices of Li's charity, the One Foundation. The occasion is only theoretically private. Hundreds of people pour in from the road or strain at the wire mesh that separates the school from the tract of temporary housing it adjoins. There is barely room to stage the songs and dances that the children have so assiduously rehearsed. When Li and Versace tour a classroom, they do so while amazed farmers press faces at every window. Those...
...expected, Obama announced that he would tap a well-known duo of economic advisers. Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, will be his Treasury Secretary, and Larry Summers, a former Treasury Secretary, will lead his National Economic Council at the White House. He also named Melody Barnes, a longtime aide to Senator Edward Kennedy, to lead his Domestic Policy Council; and Christine Romer, a University of California, Berkeley, economist, to chair the Council of Economic Advisers, two other White House policy shops. Obama said this group would put some flesh on the bones of an economic stimulus...
...since the band split and reiterates what their fans already knew: The Smiths are one of the greatest bands in the history of popular music.The coupling of Johnny Marr’s talent for writing classic pop songs and Morrissey’s extraordinary lyrics created a song-writing duo that could compete with the likes of Strummer/Jones and Jagger/Richards (if not quite Lennon/McCartney). The Smiths are the band that Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher grew up listening to, and their influence can still be heard in the 21st century work of The Libertines and Arctic Monkeys. By involving Marr...
...begin attacking the problem of the league’s staunchest defense, Pizzotti will need to use a mix of young receivers and junior Matt Luft—as well as his height advantage—while keeping the D honest with occasional runs. The duo of junior Ben Jenkins and sophomore Gino Gordon has yet to establish itself against a legitimate league defense, and it seems unlikely that this will be the week for it.“This is definitely a different defense from a year ago, markedly better, and maybe one of the two best defenses...
...more frequent result of shooting for the pros ends in heartbreak. Even for all-time Ivy League rushing record-holder Clifton Dawson ’07, a brief stint proved to be all the spotlight the NFL would give him.Where those before them have failed, the senior duo believes it may have the ability to succeed, but it will have to get going quickly to catch up with its competitors who have a clear leg up having spent time in the national spotlight. While Division I-AA players like Delaware’s Joe Flacco—now starting...