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...Ward’s newest EP, is a case in point. Pitching up and down like a creaky fin de siècle roller coaster, the rollicking Daniel Johnston cover exemplifies Ward’s newfound balancing act. Offsetting the pounding drums, which swell repeatedly to (almost) fist-pump-inducing crescendos, Ward’s throwback vocal style, with support from singer Neko Case, reminds listeners of older, gentler, “pre-war” tunes. The three songs that follow the title track on this single release are good, too—but not great. Apparently...
...arrived and spoke to the victim who stated that while walking in the area an unknown individual crossed their path and started making hand gestures about the reporting party being in their way. The reporting party stated that the unknown individual punched them in the mouth with a closed fist and then fled the area. Due to the injuries from the assault the victim was transported to a medical facility. 6:59 p.m.—An officer was dispatched to take a report of a theft at the New Research Building at 77 Louis Pasteur Avenue in Boston...
This past weekend, the Harvard women’s basketball team played two games full of gritty defensive stops, quick steals and layups, and backbreaking long-range shots. And after every big play, there was sophomore guard Niki Finelli: pumping her fist or bumping shoulders with teammates, seeming to fly across the floor with the leaps and bounds of enthusiasm. “Her excitement is definitely contagious, and it really helps us,” co-captain Christiana Lackner said. “It’s so much fun to play with her because she?...
...university leader faces the additional challenges that accompany the not-for-profit, voluntary nature of a university. The central members of such an institution—the senior faculty—are tenured for life. In the long run, their job security insulates them from motivation by fear, fiat, fist, or fury, and they remain free to move should they become dissatisfied with their leader. A shrewd observer once quipped that the president of the university must be able to “listen charismatically.” This does not mean that the president must always...
...account. The house was very quiet. There was not the slightest sound or movement anywhere, almost as if everything in the house were waiting helplessly for its own destruction. Suddenly the doorbell began to ring incessantly. At the same time, there was a furious pounding of many fists on my front gate, accompanied by hysterical voices shouting slogans. The cacophony told me that the time of waiting was over and that I must face the Red Guards. ''Open the gate!'' someone shouted. ''Are you all dead? Why don't you open the gate?'' As my servant let the Guards...