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...Yellow”? Or Missy Elliott’s “Work It” with the elephant noise? These are the gems that make the incipient brain death worth it for the snob. Perhaps for the true pop fanatic/musical egalitarian, all songs are created equal. But even for such democratic listeners, some songs must be more equal than others...
...gets my vote for “Most Equal Pop Song” of the year. It’s tricky to pinpoint exactly what it is that makes the song so catchy—the magic is hidden somewhere between the corny backbeat, those southern handclaps and Andre’s delirious vocal fills and grunts. “Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbor” may be the best breakdown line yet created. Somewhere, James Brown’s hair is going kinky with jealousy. Even a snob can’t help but appreciate...
Inevitably, another song must soon take over as the mantle of most equal of all songs. Given the amount of buzz they’ve been generating in the music press (the snob’s Bible), perhaps The Strokes are likely suspects. “12:51,” their new single, shares a lot of the same genetic material as “Hey Ya!”: Handclaps, catchy keyboard-sounding riffs and the backbeat that has been the granddaddy of every rock song since Elvis. Casablancas’ drawl is as bewitching as ever...
First, the students charge that YLS’s long-standing nondiscrimination policy, which requires recruiters who attend the Holiday Inn event to pledge equal treatment on the basis of sexual orientation, does not in fact violate the 1995 statute, since YLS offers opportunities and space for recruiters to meet with students at other times of the year...
Moreover, the students argue, by forcing the law school to suspend its non-discrimination policy solely for lesbian and gay students, “the Solomon Amendment...violates plaintiffs’ right to due process and equal protection under the Fifth Amendment...