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...came the observation by Bush's top economist Gregory Mankiw that outsourcing jobs overseas is "probably a plus for the economy in the long run." That may be true in theory, but the statement was so impolitic that even such staunch Bush supporters as House Speaker Dennis Hastert were furious. "An economy suffers when jobs disappear," Hastert said. And so do politicians...
...tumultuous few months of living and working with Vincent van Gogh in Arles, that he developed the elements of his mature style--firmly modeled foreground figures against flat ranges of background color. The pigments are abruptly juxtaposed in the Impressionist manner. Landscape in Gauguin is likely to be a furious collision of hot pink against blue and chrome yellow against vermilion. But he would put behind him the short fluttering brushstrokes that the Impressionists had made their sign of the fleeting moment. Gauguin distilled and abstracted, producing an emotional impression, not an optical one, in which mere realities were transfigured...
...overzealous magazine reporting aside, the Von Bondies are popular and have stayed popular in the U.K. because of one simple thing—they are exciting. Their debut album, 2001’s Lack of Communication, was a deliciously raucous melding of ’60s soul-channeling and furious garage punk. And the soon to be released Pawn Shoppe Heart, already available in the U.K. and on iTunes, offers more of the same addictive, bombastic energy, only cleaner and with slightly less of a blues slant. This second album marks their major label debut—they?...
Then Harvard added the game-winning goal, a power play conversion after Bernakevitch crashed the net following a Pettit shot. That goal, coming just over three minutes into the third, gave the Crimson the confidence it needed to hold off a furious rally by the Golden Knights...
...company turned the sports network into a 300-lb. fullback that relentlessly pounded cable-system operators with price increases--some 20% annually over the past five years. Because the inclusion of ESPN in the basic package is essential to any self-respecting cable operator, cable companies have been furious over the beating they have been taking from Eisner & Co. but helpless against it. "Disney is trying to use the leverage they have with ESPN to make up for all the other businesses that may be troubled at this time," complained Pat Esser, COO of Cox Communications, the fourth largest...