Word: flashings
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...loses meaning. Luckily, there's a track on the old Texan's new album that illuminates his commercial genius. Why Can't I Leave Her Alone starts out as your basic country stalking song, but with the melody of a rock power ballad. Strait's vocals swing from flash-free, honky-tonk lows to top-of-his-range, quavering highs. Then the song gets funny--"I've wrote her letters signed I was a fool/ She wrote me back saying go find a stool/ And driiiiiiiiink one"--and Strait laughs and cries in his beer. It's a sure...
...Prokofiev, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.The evening performance opened with welcoming remarks by the president of HRO, Chrix E. Finne ’07. Making note of the families in attendance for freshman parents’ weekend, Finne cheerfully reminded parents that while they could not capture memorable moments with flash photography, they could wave to their children on stage.The concert began with the world premiere “Encounter (Ballade II) for Orchestra,” which was written by Shen at the request of Yannatos. The HRO effectively conveyed the story behind the music, which the program explained...
...weeks, Halloween will be forgotten in the new seasonal tradition: arguing about Christmas. Courts will be asked to decide if carols can be sung in public schools, or a Creche displayed on Main Street. The pundits on Air America and Fox News Channel will flash their tempers in the debate over whether this is a secular or Christian country. The War on Christmas will raise more hackles than the war in Iraq. The Christmas spirit, by which I mean the nondenominational surrender to good will and good manners for a few weeks, will suffer. It wasn't supposed...
...government has reconciled itself to the trend, simplifying the process in 2003 from a months-long ordeal to a jaunt to the civil-affairs bureau that can take just 15 minutes. With so many young couples dissolving their unions, a new term has crept into the Chinese lexicon: flash divorces--partnerships that last as long as the average Hollywood romance. "It may be the seven-year itch in the West, but it's the one-year itch in China," says Eva Wong, president of Top Human Technology, which runs relationship workshops in several Chinese cities. "Life in China has changed...
Does anyone really fear dying in a nuclear blast? In my atomic nightmare, my family survives. A flash of light across the East River in Manhattan; a tremor and roar; a column of flame. Then the questions. Do we pack up the kids and flee? Duct tape the windows and hope for help? How much food is in the pantry? How strong are the locks on the doors...