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...critical tastes of the Academy have seemed bent towards artists of this nature, short on innovation and high on traditionalism. I hesitate to lump Wilco in there, especially because A Ghost Is Born is certainly more experimental than some earlier releases, but look at what it beat out: Björk’s Medulla, Modest Mouse’s Good News for People Who Like Bad News, PJ Harvey’s Uh Huh Her, and Franz Ferdinand’s eponymous release. A Ghost Is Born is just tired Americana and distorted guitar. Franz Ferdinand?...
...critical tastes of the Academy have seemed bent towards artists of this nature, short on innovation and high on traditionalism. I hesitate to lump Wilco in there, especially because A Ghost Is Born is certainly more experimental than some earlier releases, but look at what it beat out: Björk’s Medulla, Modest Mouse’s Good News for People Who Like Bad News, PJ Harvey’s Uh Huh Her, and Franz Ferdinand’s eponymous release. A Ghost Is Born is just tired Americana and distorted guitar. Franz Ferdinand?...
...rest of your life. Your annuity commitment would have to be large enough that the monthly proceeds plus your Social Security check would keep you at least above the poverty line. Any money left over in your personal account could be used as you wished--taken as a lump sum, drawn down over time, added to your annuity or even left invested to continue growing. By most estimates, if a personal account earned annualized investment gains of 3% (after inflation was factored in), it would produce roughly the same retirement income as Social Security provides under existing rules. Investment gains...
MINNEAPOLIS—Now that is one healthy lump of coal...
...words mean something. It actually becomes one of the strengths of the film: when Cristina asserts towards the end, “though your acceptance will thrill me—it won’t define me. I am my mother’s daughter,” a lump the size of a best screenwriting Oscar wells up in your throat...