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...ammo, beading supplies, or to sell for quick cash their saddles, buffalo robes and beaded-buckskin ceremonial costumes. But others remain supportive of the jail project - and the enterprise of the town's administrators. The store's fourth-generation owner, George Lammers, noting the drastic difference between subtropical, humid Gitmo and dry, wintry Hardin, says, "This place would be torture for some of those boys." But, he allows, "I think it would be great for all the law enforcement people to be here. It would help our housing market. Our city fathers wanted the economic benefits, but I guess they...
...your way to somewhere else.” Fuerst’s description of setting and time—suburban New Jersey in the 1980s—is vivid, funny, and authentic. The author, who spent his teenage years in the Garden State, depicts the monotony and claustrophobia of humid August days with such proficiency that it is easy to understand Genie’s excitement over the case of the retirement home graffiti, or his desire for his adventure to be complicated and far reaching. Genie is an endearing—if enigmatic—character. His issues with...
...aren’t necessarily the favorite team,” Rosekrans said, “but we are looking to upset a lot of people in our upcoming matches.” FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 6, HARVARD 1 After battling Florida International in 90-degree, humid weather, the Crimson fell at No. 1, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 singles in straight sets. “We had a slow start, but the match was much closer than the score,” sophomore Samantha Rosekrans said. While finally seeing the sun and playing outdoors may have been...
...detrimental effect. The title track, for example, is completely awash in lush but lumbering strings that devour the song’s hammer dulcimer and synthesizer. After a couple of minutes, the song has the same effect as sitting in a lecture hall without A/C on a hot and humid day. It’s stifling and sleep-inducing. “Hold Time” has one other significant flaw: M. Ward loves to record his vocals with reverb. On songs like “Stars of Leo,” everything he sings echoes two or three times...
...neighborhood, downhill past the official state recording studio, past the House of Music on Neptune Street, catching everyone's hips as it goes, until the whole crumbling metropolis is swaying to this montuno, all the way down to the Malecn on the sea, where the world's most humid block party unfolds on the esplanade, the way it does every evening of the summer, just across the Florida Straits from the big enemigo...