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The alchemy that gave birth to Akron blues-rock duo the Black Keys’ fifth album, “Attack & Release,” may seem unlikely. Since their 2002 debut, “The Big Come Up,” the Keys have been the standard-bearers of...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Black Keys | 4/11/2008 | See Source »

The dinner - a cozy affair for 150 guests - was held at the eccentric loft apartment of Pearl Lam, a Hong Kong-born art dealer and local society doyenne. Filled with large art pieces and furnishings that might be charitably described as vibrant, it resembled a gallery or a slightly camp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sole Train | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

Bespectacled and graying, 62-year-old Jiang Rong doesn't look as though he could have written Wolf Totem - an eccentric, blood-soaked eulogy to the fiercest inhabitants of the Mongolian plains that has sold millions of copies in China since its publication in 2004. In fact, publicity is something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pack Man | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

Italy aside, which country's or city's fashion sense do you most admire, and why? David John Landy, DublinI do admire England because they are eccentric. I admire America because they follow fashion.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Donatella Versace | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

Scientists hope that clearer data will reveal information about why the geysers formed. The leading theory is that Saturn's gravitational pull puts stresses on the moon, causing the fissures from which the plumes erupt. "Enceladus' orbit around Saturn is eccentric," Mitchell says. It's just enough off of circular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There Life on Saturn's Moon? | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

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