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Exhibit A: "That Don't Impress Me Much" by Shania Twain...
...crescendos. The most successful piece is the epic "Klein Mandelbrot," which conveys a kinetic sense of flux. Moments like this are effective due to their innovation in combining percussion and electronic music with more conventional instruments. But while the album presents an unusual sonic experience, it is unlikely to impress listeners searching for the excitement of a live Blue Man Group performance...
...prisoner of the Chinese Communist Party, which he leads 50 years after its revolution: a party that is empty of vision, worried about unrest, out of touch with a younger generation of Chinese for whom money, not ideology, is the bottom line. The harder Jiang tries to impress, the less China's population wants to listen. He understands the need for economic development, but political openness is still out of the question. Even as the ink was drying on the trade deal, police were detaining members of Falun Gong, the banned meditation cult...
...Clinton to win next November. New Yorkers are a cynical lot, and Mrs. Clinton's apparent flip-flopping on Middle East questions - and her carefully scripted exchange with teacher's union president Randi Weingarten Monday, in which Weingarten supposedly cajoled Clinton into announcing - aren't likely to impress. So the real question isn't where Hillary lives, but whether she's ready to rumble...
...understood as a clearinghouse for student-group funds that currently runs some mediocre campus-wide events, 80 percent of the fees should go to student groups. Twenty percent of the proposed new fee would give the council a reasonable increase over their current discretionary budget and a chance to impress in their ability to host events. If the discretionary funds of the council grow out of proportion to student-group funds, however, this will prove the worst nightmare of an ineffective and unrepresentative council legislating more money toward their own, oft-misguided efforts. Students and student groups, not council discretionary...