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Adnan Pachachi is the go-to man in Iraqi politics. As the country's Governing Council argued over the constitution earlier this month, Pachachi's phone was ringing off the hook. At one stage, Lakhdar Brahimi, special envoy to Iraq for U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, called to ask for a copy of the charter. "I will talk to Kofi," Pachachi assured him. "I will send Kofi a copy of the document...
...Jacqueline gazing longingly into one another’s eyes to the tune of an idly strummed guitar. It’s the album’s only peaceful moment, and a brief one at that. Their courtship is quickly blown apart by the most urgently infectious guitar hook to debase a song since the Pixies. The song accelerates into something more frenetic, dangerous, and complicated—how like love. “It’s always better on holiday / That’s why we only work when we need the money,” singer Alex...
...with its allies in Congress to cut Superfund funding by $8 million. Superfund spending is down more than 24 percent from average spending under President Clinton. Bush claims cuts to programs like Superfund are necessary to balance the budget, but if the Republicans had not gotten polluters off the hook, Superfund would not aggravate the budget...
...Dormcest has a bad rap, but some find it fun and convenient. But don’t hook up with your roommate—that’s just laziness and it will make for awkward conversations. Go across the hall instead...
...reaches full force at the moments where these elements combine most finely; “A.I.M.” (not related to our favorite electronic pastime) begins with a coarse industrial beat, develops with Yorke-like, dreamy lyrics and peaks with a driving, distortion-saturated chorus and sweet lyric hook. “Promises, Promises” expands from a straight-ahead power riff, introducing altered chords and electronic ambience to achieve a more engaging result, and, along with “New Toys,” has real FM radio appeal. The album’s worst moments occur...