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...Four Seconds,” feature a large variety of rhythmic concoctions and utilize strong percussion pieces, adding a playful banter to the album. The album also incorporates slow tracks like “The Love We’re In” which balance out the fast and upbeat nature of the rest of the album. Much of the record, however, has a folky feel to it. This is especially evident on the songs written by keyboardist Kevin Hearn such as “Northern Lights,” which is largely dominated by slow meandering guitar playing...
...funny how fast the Beltway consensus can change. A few months ago, health care reform was dead. Then it got undead. Financial regulatory reform was supposedly dead too, but now that Republicans have supposedly learned that pure obstructionism is a losing play, it's being treated as a done deal. Democrats like Obama's economic adviser Larry Summers and Senate Banking Committee chairman Christopher Dodd are saying it's going to pass, perhaps as early as next month. So are key Republicans like Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, who recently put the odds of passage...
...They have more offal than they can handle; what they want are some of the prime rib, tenderloin and lamb racks that urban gastronomes are so over. The red state-blue state dichotomy has been laughably overdrawn, but the difference between the cutthroat race to the bottom in the fast-food business and the high-end preoccupations with cooking offal and arranging entrees with tweezers could hardly be more apparent. You don't need a trade publication's special report to see it. As gastropubs multiply in big cities, Burger King is boasting of ripping off the Sausage McMuffin...
...which isn't to say there is nothing holding together all the different sectors of the eating public. Whether in the form of bizarre, genius fast food like KFC's Double Down, a fried-chicken, bacon and cheese sandwich in which two breasts serve as the bun, or the latest high-end fondues, foams and organ fritters, we all have an "open desire for more stimulation." We're at least American enough to all have that in common, anyway...
...government should also help keep the neonatal death rate in participating districts down. But since the release of the results, no one seems very concerned about numbers. Health workers come and go; now that these women have a hold on the basics, they aren't likely to forget them fast. "Once the numbers go down," Costello says, "they don't come back up again...