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Perhaps the only flaw in the album is its consistency of style. The rhythms remain resolutely rocksteady and the basslines low and simple—a sharp contrast to the wealth of styles that abounded on the original album. But then, after the colossal success of the earlier album, the Gorillaz and their astro-simian buddies are content to take a less ambitious approach this time around. I defy anyone to not feel the stress massaged out of the their spines by the floor-shaking bass and cheerful, air-headed vocals...
...concerted effort to correct this basic flaw in the market could have a bigger payoff for the environment than would a thousand new national parks. But many environmental groups continue to oppose market-based environmental reforms and instead remain wedded to the "mandate, regulate and litigate" model of the past...
MINOR TRANQUILIZERS If the antidepressants have a flaw, it's that they sometimes don't start working for weeks--a lifetime for the acutely anxious. For this reason, many doctors recommend judicious doses of fast-acting relaxants such as the benzodiazepines Xanax, Valium or Klonopin to serve as a temporary bridge until the SSRIs have a chance to kick in. The downside of such drugs is that they can be highly addictive and may merely mask symptoms. For this reason, doctors will prescribe them very carefully and strictly limit refills...
CheapTickets may be hard to navigate, but it makes up for that tragic flaw by providing wonderful prices to the Internet-savvy. This website offers two different types of searches—the minimalist express search and the much more involved power search. The site claims the power search is geared toward the flexible traveler, but the number of screens one must pass through to execute a power search might lead one to wonder if flexible traveler is in this case equivalent to “one with no life...
Shakir says his slow start at the plate was largely due to a mechanical flaw in his swing that had him popping up a lot of pitches. He first picked up on the problem in the team’s opening series at Rice but took a while to shake the habit...