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...that somebody somewhere is going to change the channel, and as a result, they are just terrified of the idea of a main title that people might be bored by. What they don't realize is that it's the opposite. It's a drum roll. It's something familiar and exciting that tells you, All right, you're about to see a great show. Everybody knows the Gilligan's Island theme. Everybody knows the Cheers theme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane | 9/26/2008 | See Source »

...York Fed's imposing Manhattan headquarters on Liberty Street, often serves as the bridge between the other two back in Washington. "There isn't anything spoken in anger, but certainly these are men with ideas and can be forceful in how they express them," says one person familiar with their calls. "If there's a sense that someone was miffed or something, then there's a private call right afterward, and then the next call is fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Men And a Bailout | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

...that's a familiar test, or trap, in a Lee film. He loves to twist a picture out of shape, daring the audience to keep up with the abrupt shift of moods, the wagging finger of the director. And if you start arguing with Miracle at St. Anna, that's O.K. with him. Spike Lee has always loved a good fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spike Lee Goes to War with Miracle at St. Anna | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

...It’s something we focus on all season,” Rhodes said. “Building and leading up to the Ivy League is our focus.” In last year’s season-ending meeting, the Crimson felt an all-too-familiar thorn in its side: a lack of offensive production. As junior goalkeeper Lauren Mann enters her third year as the cream of the league crop in net, the team’s struggles for goals and wins have gone hand-in-hand. The signs in the offseason and early going...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Looks For Revenge Over Penn | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

...through a good old thrash tune that the song feels bracing and exuberant. The result is an album whose ferocious commitment to several strains of the metal tradition belies its patent complexity and eagerness to appropriate other musical idioms. “The Unforgiven III” opens with familiar themes of Norse mythology and epic journey: “Set sail to sea, but pulled off course / By the light of golden treasure / How could he know this new dawn’s light / Would change his life forever?” But the string quartet and clutch...

Author: By Kyle L. K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Metallica | 9/25/2008 | See Source »

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