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...Cantor supporters who received word from his e-mail listserv. The three struck a moderate tone. "It's time for us to listen, first, to learn a little bit, to upgrade our message a little bit, to not be nostalgic about the past because you know things do ebb and flow," Bush told the crowd. "You can't beat something with nothing. The other side has something. I don't like it, but they have it." (See "Obama's 100 Days: Behind-the-Scenes Photos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The GOP Plans a Rebirth, with Pepperoni and Protests | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

...augmented octaves to the backdrop of frenetic trombone glissandos. The jazzy interlude in the middle of the suite allowed individual soloists to showcase their musical personalities; the principal oboist’s arpeggios were sneaky and playful, while the clarinet soloist’s plaintive phrasing complemented the ebb and flow of Bartok’s meticulously constructed tempo lines. The suite ended in a roar of climactic dissonance that even Sung, whose conservative conducting had constricted the other pieces, could not help but encourage. The BSO’s take on Bartok was proof of the artistic talent...

Author: By Monica S. Liu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BSO Strikes Out Under Sung | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

...sounds like an ebb and flow; we conserve animals for a little while so they can grow in numbers and then we hunt them again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Investigating Animal Crimes | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

...unfeasible, expensive, and unproductive to pursue a common alternative solution of launching a campaign to hunt down illegal immigrants and deport them. The plan wisely includes stricter penalties for future illegal immigrants and a bolstering of all immigration enforcements. The borders would also become more tightly monitored to ebb the flow of new immigrants to the U.S. The announcement has already seen positive results. Two major American labor groups, the AFL-CIO and the Change to Win Federation, have united in their support for the plan—agreement that rarely happens. Back in 2007, when George W. Bush proposed...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Out of the Shadows | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...problem for most collegiate programs. There are the horses—essentially, living tools that must be kept in, well, living condition—the concomitant need for space in the form of stables and arenas, and the riding experience needed to get a functional game started. The ebb and flow of Harvard polo over the decades duly reflects these complicating aspects...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grabbing the Reins | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

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