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...previous two albums by this Indonesian-Dutch-Israeli-Russian (who splits her time between Paris and New York City, naturally) were such delicate exercises in mood that they seemed to avoid hard consonants, as if the tiniest plosive could break the spell. Here Ann gets a bit more sonically aggressive (sometimes the drummer uses sticks!) but vocal minimalism remains her strength, so she whispers along with her acoustic guitar, barely singing songs about being in Montmartre when she wants to be in Manhattan. She's precious but hypnotic...
Public TV's Screen Test Europe's public service broadcasters all tuned in last week when the E.U. Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes warned the German, Dutch and Irish governments that the funding of their state channels could be illegal. Her signal was clear - their "current financing system is no longer in line with E.U. rules." These "preliminary views" arose from complaints by commercial rivals that some website services of the state-owned German channels...
...school Pac Man and pinball machines. After a few games, slide into a dark, romantic booth at deVille, the attached restaurant, where you and your honey can enoy sirloin ($19) or a Guinness Float ($7). Want a souvenir? Buy a Kings t-shirt or a Von Dutch bowling...
...march." Perhaps, but with every small step forward, the risk grows of a giant step back. To come into force, the constitution must be ratified by all 25 member states, nine of which will follow Spain by letting voters decide - and that could spell trouble. "The Dutch wanted to set an early referendum date before resentment grows too high," explains Dominique Reynie, a European affairs expert at Paris' Foundation of Political Science. "The French want to hold theirs first because the risk of a no vote in the Netherlands is greater and the probable yes vote in France will increase...
...passed to allow the missions, and the troops never fought: they built roads, water purification systems, and medical clinics. Last year, Tokyo sent 600 troops to Iraq to support Bush's Coalition of the Willing, although they are based in relatively placid Samawah and are protected by Australian and Dutch contingents. In Japan, this is referred to as a process of becoming a "normal" country?one that isn't just focused on manufacturing and corporate profits, or utterly dependent for its safety and diplomacy on its big brother...