Word: echo
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...pilfered and used for the same naively uplifting ends. (Charmingly ironic is the vocoder-led house number that bursts out of “The New Workout Plan”—work that drum machine, Kanye.) In contrast to the “faded photograph” echo in much of hip-hop’s sampled melodies, Kanye is relentlessly optimistic even when he’s down...
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...post-war adventure in Iraq with our occupation of Japan, the producers aired part of a 1946 documentary, sternly narrated by Arthur Kennedy: ?Here?s where we clinch our victory or muff it.? That sounded like a caveat on April 13 of last year. Now it carries the echo of Cassandra...
...flying into the U.S. from overseas. On Feb. 2 a potential danger became a frightening reality: three men were able to bypass screening in a foreign country and get onboard a cargo aircraft that flew into one of the U.S.'s largest airports, Miami International. It was a chilling echo of an incident last year where a man was able to ship himself in a box on a cargo flight within the U.S. "This is more disturbing evidence that without actual inspection of cargo, our security system will remain vulnerable," says Paul Rancatore, a security expert for the Coalition...
Dean offers, to purloin a phrase, a choice, not an echo. His pugnacity in defense of his liberal instincts is obviously genuine. After eight years of careful Clintonian positioning, it's refreshing. Compared with Kerry's packaged, tested, hollow rants against "special interests," Dean's straight talk is invigorating. He isn't haunted, as Kerry is, by the specter of Vietnam. Even the famous Iowa scream had more authenticity and fire than Kerry's labored recitation "Bring it on." Unlike Kerry, Dean has held a serious executive office--balancing budgets, reforming health care, innovating on civil rights. Kerry's undistinguished...