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...punk” than Jello Biafra is to treat musical genres as purely formal in nature, characterized by instrumentation, song structure and other easily sortable attributes. But such structuralist definitions ignore the unique aesthetic of the artist’s act of creation; their motivation does not intuit such boundaries...
...mogul Russell Simmons, one of America's foremost arbiters of cool, has dabbled in records and clothing, comedy and cell phones. So, what's next for rap's first large-scale entrepreneur? Taxes, naturally. Simmons, ceo of the sprawling Rush Communications hip-hop empire, has partnered with Intuit, owner of the TurboTax software program, to launch TTrefund.com a website geared toward tax filers ages 18 to 24. The TurboTax system guides young e-filers through the intimidating tax terrain and lets them deposit any refund directly into a checking account or Rush Card, a Simmons-branded prepaid Visa debit card...
...praise to the acuity of the actors: the hilarious Church as a charmer who can intuit the flattering lies everyone wants to hear; Madsen with an intense, sexy intelligence; Giamatti radiating pain and fitful star quality. His Miles keeps hurting but keeps searching; this frustrated novelist isn't looking for a big publisher so much as for a loving reader. In Maya, whom he has disappointed in so many ways, he may have found one. Perhaps the depressive has found a reason to hope. What is hope, anyway, if not knocking one last time on the door of a beautiful...
...issued at the end of last month. While this allowed for a controlled and uninterrupted process, the review did not benefit from the two major advantages of widespread student input—student ideas and student support. Instead, the eight curricular review representatives were left stranded, trying to intuit the opinions of 6,500 other individuals. The rest of the student body, meanwhile, was kept in the dark, only to be thrown onto the defensive when the report finally emerged...
Many drivers intuit these odds, which is undoubtedly one reason for strong SUV sales. Says Abraxas Baker, 26, who manages a Dallas bar: "I have peace of mind knowing if I was in an accident, I'd have a better chance of walking away. Everyone in my family feels that way. We all drive one." It's hard not to see such attitudes as evidence that a highway arms race has begun. Asks Gregg Easterbrook in a recent New Republic piece on SUVs: "Can it be a coincidence that road rage started to become a national concern...