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...hard to see how China could fail with its plans to keep its GDP growing rapidly with such an impressive arsenal. It looks almost as good as the one that the U.S. had in the 1920s and Japan did in the 1980s...
...suffered from slight problems with the orchestra’s ensemble. Shaky starts, mismatched lines, and rough endings of phrases were minor, but noticeable in the first two movements of the E-flat major symphony. Despite the few early stumbles in the performance, the BSO did not fail to deliver on charm and grace, particularly in the third movement. Levine drew out long lines ascending a hearty scale in the minuet. The clarinet solo featured in trio section easily captured the sweet, dance-like feel of the symphony’s shortest movement.Yet the nimble passagework of the symphony?...
...Street Journal and NBC News found that even in a country largely supportive of Obama, most voters remain skeptical of his stimulus plan. Nevertheless, Democrats scampered to make Limbaugh the official mouthpiece for the rest of the Republican Party. "Do they want to see the President's economic agenda fail?" Gibbs asked reporters. Michael Steele, the new GOP chairman, rushed to say no. Limbaugh, Steele said, is "an entertainer" given to "incendiary" and "ugly" overstatements. Like party leaders before him, however, Steele soon apologized to the man who claims 20 million listeners...
...could be summarized in one simple phrase, that would be it. In a small and mysterious village, comprised of just 14 families, the only water pipeline breaks down. The men—relied upon by their wives to repair the damage but plagued by their obtuse laziness—fail to act, resulting in a chaotic and (in both senses) dirty struggle for power. Desperate for a solution, Aya (Czech actress Kristýna Malérová), the town’s youngest, and most insightful, woman suggests a sex strike, which would force...
...album so disappointing is that the past half-decade has ultimately yielded a cohesive and dense group of songs, but not an exciting record.The churning title track opens the album with a catchy, upbeat riff over a wash of twinkling electricity, providing a level of intensity the subsequent tracks fail to maintain. The song explodes over pounding drums that grow more distant behind the whirling backdrop of fuzz. The lyrics, punctuated by Bono’s floating woah-oh harmonies, get sillier, hinting at the rest of the album’s lack of depth: “She said...