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...their press and production, both Bright Eyes albums are really nothing more than lowest-common-denominator pop music. Oberst’s invocation of the American singer-songwriter tradition is particularly frustrating, as he exploits all of its rhetoric without achieving any of its art. His Nebraska never stank of cowdung, and his scrawny middle-class heartbreak is as trite as it is insincere. Fans of Bright Eyes should stop settling for less, ditch the poseur, and celebrate the genuinely talented songwriters this country has been producing for decades, from Woody Guthrie to Lou Barlow...
...most cases, U.S. frontline troops in Iraq have received top-quality medical care, producing the lowest death rate of any military conflict in history. But the care at Abu Ghraib has often been at the other end of the scale of humane treatment, at least until recently. Although the prison was at times crowded with as many as 7,000 detainees, no U.S. doctor was in residence for most of 2003. Military officials say a few Iraqi doctors saw to minor illnesses but not major traumas. In a statement obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union, an Army medic based...
...been popular with other politicians, even those in his own Liberal Democratic Party. But the days when he could count on strong public support seem to be slipping away as well. According to a poll conducted by the Asahi newspaper, Koizumi's approval rating has fallen to 33%, the lowest since he took office nearly four years ago. No single event seems to have triggered the drop-off; instead, a number of slow-burning factors have quietly eroded his support, which ran as high as 84% shortly after he became Prime Minister and which still hovered...
...routinely charged $250 for trades that can now be done for $15 on the Web. People who buy a car or truck online pay an average of 2% less than those who walk into a dealership, studies show. Travel deals are so prevalent online that hotel owners normally offer lowest-rate guarantees, which drive down the average price of a room. Yet for the most part, the real estate industry has managed to shield itself. "The way real estate is sold hasn't changed since Eisenhower was President," says Eric Danziger, CEO of ZipRealty, one of the new online real...
...local property consultant and past president of Britain's Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. On a recent Sunday, 11-year-old Matthew Tse visited the West Kowloon exhibition with his parents and grandmother. "I like this plan," he said, pointing at one of the three models. "It has the lowest plot ratio...