Word: interpolations
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Longwave’s two guitars charged, swirled, and dueled their way through the night, expertly navigating hairpin shifts in dynamic. The band’s opening salvo built jangling tension that broke out into simultaneous squalls over new-wave synths, ultimately evoking an up-tempo, slightly less morose Interpol...
...questions persist about her integrity, especially about how she acquired her wealth - estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars - during the mid-1990s when she ran the country's largest energy firm. Last September, at the height of Ukraine's presidential campaign, Russian military prosecutors placed Tymoshenko on Interpol's wanted list, alleging that in 1996-97 she bribed Russian officers to buy Ukrainian goods from her companies. Tymoshenko dismisses those charges as a Kremlin trick, and she's convinced she can help heal the country's political rifts. "Russia now understands that Ukraine chooses its presidents and appoints...
...could we generally characterize this year? I’d think of it as the triumph of the new: not one of these established artists were able to claim much relevance, and follow-up efforts by great hopes like Interpol and the Hives went the way of the Strokes’ sophomore release—good, but not carrying through on the promise of their breakthroughs. A couple of specific moments clinched this year for me. One was in early March, when some friends dragged me off to hear this band Franz Ferdinand at a full house...
...strength of “Such Great Heights,” an excellent single that condenses everything good about the Postal Service into a compact pop window; the album sticks to that sound entirely, and the band does little to branch out. Second showings from the Strokes and Interpol have proven exactly how a band of the moment with a distinct sound, usually captured on a lone popular single, can come up short of innovative ideas on a sophomore effort. There is no doubt that a band so gimmicky as to name themselves after their gimmick would have a similar...
...second language, versus 113 million and over 60 million respectively for French. Despite France's annual $1 billion budget to promote French internationally, the language ranks 11th in terms of number of speakers and is flagging. Though it is still the primary language at international institutions like unesco, Interpol and the European Court of Justice - and a working tongue at a score of others - English dominates international diplomacy and business, and is the language used on 52% of all websites; just 4.6% are in French. Across the E.U. (and excluding the U.K.), 92% of students choose to study English...