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Krug’s the heart and the project’s steadying influence. “All Fires,” appearing halfway through the album, is his most effective vehicle to date. He howls the tale of a flooding town in which drowning villagers clutch debris to stay above water (“Five hundred pieces means five hundred float/One thousand people means five hundred don’t.”) above gentle tremolo guitars and whistling synths. It’s the high point of the album, and a moment that’s hard...
...conclusion entitled “Senator Hillary: ‘Compelling Public Figure’ or ‘Degraded Wife,’” Troy doesn’t actually mention the Senate race until about halfway through...
...gain a paltry 218 yards on offense, a precipitous drop from its Ivy League-leading average of 387.4 yards per game.“Yale’s defense came ready to play today,” said junior quarterback Chris Pizzotti, who replaced O’Hagan halfway through the third quarter. “It was tough for our offense to get things going today.”“Everything came grudgingly,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. Even on the one drive when the Crimson offense seemed somewhat less than totally shocked...
Sony released the Playstation 3 in Japan on November 11. That was last Saturday. By Thursday Japanese import units had already made their way halfway around the world to New York City's Chinatown, where they were available for a 100% markup - and they were selling. That's how high the demand is for Sony's new video game machine: people would actually pay double the price to get it one day early...
...clever scheme that might prevent the President from going to war. Gates was in the Oval Office when the generals brought in maps, charts and pointers and told Bush that Kuwait could be liberated only if he was willing to spend six months deploying half a million troops halfway round the globe. The reluctant generals were betting, Gates explained, that no U.S. President would agree to such a crazy and expensive adventure. But what made Gates smile when he told the story was the cool and determined way Bush responded to the uniforms' rush job. "Sounds right," said...