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...familiar its tone is, but how oddly and refreshingly different. What you see is creativity that is endlessly inventive and outrageous, but at the same time charmingly tentative; irony that is fresh rather than institutionalized; and fascinating objects (if unbeautiful for the most part ) that have absolutely no gloss - no air, really, of selling...
...point run that took the Crimson to an unassailable 60-38 lead with 8:49 remaining.Hallion continued her impressive performance with a series of shots, while a resurgent Harvard squad went into cruise control. As the Crimson rotated its squad, several reserves made valuable contributions and added gloss to the score line.“We had 19 assists today, which I though was terrific—I love that,” Delaney-Smith said. “We moved the ball really well.”With four Ivy League games remaining, Harvard’s destiny remains...
...victory. “Today was awesome,” said Kumar, who remains undefeated in dual singles this season. “We had to fight really hard and play our best to win.” With the result secured, Harvard added gloss to the score line. Ermakov withstood a late surge from Rastorgouev at No. 2 to win 6-1, 7-5, clinching match point with a sweeping cross-court half-volley. The Eagles snatched a consolation point at No. 6 before No. 4 freshman Alexei Chijoff-Evans came from three match points down in the second...
...California Girls,” an infectious pop guitar-wash featuring vocals from Shirley Simms, turns from antipathy for synthetic O.C. ditzes to an axe-wielding thirst for bimbo blood. “The Nun’s Litany,” a bouncing bit of angelic gloss, elaborates on the various (and explicit) ways a woman of the cloth wishes to violate her vows to spite her mother. “Zombie Boy,” a silly shot at sinister post-punk, features Merritt courting an undead paramour.Aside from the perennial envelope pushing, “Distortion?...
...Democrats had seemed rather pleased with themselves so far this campaign season for having managed to avoid one of their typical self-immolating fights. Instead, once Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama had each taken an early contest, we heard a lot of self-satisfied gloss about how the party would make history with the first female presidential nominee or the first minority...