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...there will undoubtedly be some recurrences of that tomorrow at Harvard Stadium. No rusher of Hartigan’s talent can be pinned at the line of scrimmage by even the best of defenses. But lest Estes or Hartigan have any doubt, Murphy guaranteed that for each Brown blocker, there would be one more Crimson defender packed into the box in the hopes of clogging and holes and overwhelming the Bears at the point of initial contact...
Hurricane Katrina itself, of course, was a product of natural violence, not human violence, and we need to be careful with any comparisons with September 11 lest they trivialize the suffering of either one. But we also need to be honest with ourselves: if 9/11 was a wake-up call we all felt compelled to answer, 8/30 was a living nightmare which much of this nation slept through...
...twist in your side"; "I stand with the sons of Cain") a welcome grounding in earthly delights. "Their show is the best around," remarks an appreciative T Bone Burnett, a guitar player and record producer (Elvis Costello, the BoDeans) of no mean skill. "U2 is what church should be." Lest such praise become a little burdensome, Larry Mullen keeps this reflection handy: "At the end of the day, it's just rock 'n' roll...
...Lest anyone get the impression that Egypt will actually hold a free and fair election, candidates like Nour point out how the system is stacked against them. Mubarak's National Democratic Party machine ensured that government patronage workers get to the polls, while the state-controlled media has heavily favored the incumbent's campaign. The Mubarak-controlled parliament only amended the constitution four months ago, giving opposition parties, weakened by decades of one-party rule, little time to attract and mobilize supporters. Even if they had more time, Mubarak refused to allow any new voters to register, effectively shutting...
Wilson shows a sensitive, but not sentimental, side on the winning ballad I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today and covers the Billie Holiday classic Good Morning Heartache in old-fashioned one-mike, one-take style. Lest anyone think she's getting classy, the title track is about being very drunk, hitting on the wrong guy and getting a tooth knocked out when "a big ole girl walked outta the blue/ 10 ft. 2 with a bad attitude." (The video features Kid Rock, the poet laureate of sloshed hookups.) "I'll never run from being trashy," says Wilson...