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Springsteen has made provocative albums before, channeling the grievances and yearnings of Vietnam vets and drifters. But with The Rising, released near the Sept. 11 anniversary, he stuck to what we could all agree on: a feeling of sadness and a yearning for hope. Maybe because of the latter, The Rising's music can be oddly cheery--Empty Sky and Lonesome Day are awfully toe tapping for songs of mourning--as Springsteen keeps circling back to one central image: the clear blue sky over the Eastern seaboard on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The Rising is poignant, even wrenching...
...millions of words. Along the way, the politically left-wing scientist, in frequent and passionate writing on baseball, proved to admirers of George Will that conservatives have no monopoly on the love of our national sport. Gould delighted his fans and set his enemies' teeth gnashing, but even the latter had to admit he forced them to think. --By Michael D. Lemonick...
...worst, a racist. Twenty-two percent of the respondents believe Lott's statement was intentionally racist, while 49 percent say it was racist, but not intentionally so. Far more Democrats (33 percent) agreed with the former characterization than Republicans (9 percent), but there was more agreement on the latter option (43 percent of Democrats and 58 percent of Republicans). Bad news for Lott: only fourteen percent of respondents say his comment was not racist at all, and 15 percent say they are not sure. The division between the parties is clear: as many Democrats (9 percent) felt the comment...
...combination of victories over both a hardy challenger as well as a weaker opponent would help set the Crimson back on track to dominate in the latter half of the season...
...elements present in that loss are the same that Harvard has struggled with all season—composure and penalties. Lacking the former resulted in the latter, which in turn led to the score after one period: Maine 3, Harvard...