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...sweet and melancholic tension of “Waiting,” for example, comes through in some persistent guitar chords and a little tinkling on the piano. Jones’ signature hum returns, too, as she thinks to herself: “If I wait, it doesn’t mean you will return.” “December,” too, radiates warmth like a Christmas carol; Jones’ comforting humanity radiates through the song in her more earthen style...

Author: By Antonia M.R. Peacocke, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Norah Jones | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...must. Go early, and work up an appetite with a walk through its neighborhood, Hauz Khas Village, where chic boutiques nestle among 14th century monuments. The best seats are on the terrace; you'll have an expansive view of a medieval reservoir in front of you, and the pleasant hum of the kitchen just behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gunpowder: New Delhi's Hottest New Eatery | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...fighters, promoters, and HBO, which televised the bout. But consider: about 2.44 million households purchased that fight, a pay-per-view record. Know how many households watched WWE wrestling on the USA network a few weeks ago? Over 3.8 million. So, a fake fighting program aired on a ho-hum weekday evening crushed the audience for boxing's biggest, most outrageously hyped pay-per-view event EVER. (See pictures of people boxing out of poverty and prison in Thailand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Live Boxing at the Movies: Can It Beat the Chick Flicks? | 9/19/2009 | See Source »

...could keep going with other thoughtful and substantiated arguments concerning the breakfast question. What about the athletes? I can tell you that I spend at least 20 minutes a day on the “five” setting on the treadmill, and it makes my metabolism hum (yes, ladies). Or consider the “varsity” athletes. Can these finely tuned Division I machines really be expected to trudge to Annenberg every day just to get enough calories to survive? What about Steve, the Winthrop employee who used to man the grill every morning...

Author: By Robert G. King | Title: The Breakfast Deficit | 9/7/2009 | See Source »

...skull-and-crossbones signs drove the message home. Still, the pilgrims arrived in the tens of thousands, in vans, buses, trucks, public transport, an old British double-decker bus, some in tuk-tuks, the three-wheeler rickshaws that traverse the island. At the shrine, the faint but constant hum of prayers and hymns rose above the rustling of pilgrims' feet. Large piles of slippers, sandals and an assortment of shoes of every nature accumulated by the doors outside the church. Families prayed together, others lined up in a long queue that slowly snaked around the church to get a brief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Virgin Mary Survived Sri Lanka's Civil War | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

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