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...identity based on consensus rather than insistence. Remnick, editor of the New Yorker, has written an expansive work, as much an account of the forces that forged Obama's identity and intellect as it is a presidential biography. Though the level of detail can overwhelm at points, Remnick's fluid prose keeps the narrative on track. The book is well reported--featuring a host of anecdotes from intimates who ducked the media in 2008--and manages to set the President in historical context without losing sight of his humanity. Recounting a pivotal March 2007 speech in Selma, Remnick writes that...
...defenses, Harvard’s dynamic scorers might have a clear path to goal after beating their defensemen, but the Big Green’s zone defense is designed to clog up the space around the goal, making one-on-one skills less important than strong passing and fluid ball movement...
...application of certain materials to the micro-particles causes a shift from attractive to repulsive inter-molecular forces, thus permitting the particles to levitate in a fluid, Sridhar explained...
...pretty much as billed. "We chose 'Broken Bells' because the music sounded like that," he explains. He and Mercer make use of hand claps, drumbeats, harmonized vocals and the kind of soothing melodies that get stuck in your head for days. The album's opener, "The High Road," mixes fluid, head-bobbing rhythms with Mercer's somber lyrics for a bittersweet feeling that continues throughout the record. The music won't blow your mind, but it's a solid effort with several standout moments...
Easily the most remarkable element of the show is the technical construction of its costumes and props. Actors dressed as blades of grass sport spindly wicker frames around their waists that resemble a more fluid version of hoop skirts, swaying and swirling like reeds in a gentle Sahara breeze. The coarse spines of hair snaking along the hunched backs of the hyenas create spooky, spiky silhouettes...