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...ground is covered in Guero—but since when has “new” categorically meant “better”? As long as there exist listeners who prefer sea glass to plate glass, urban decay to suburban sprawl, and redux to deluxe, Beck will maintain a corps of loyal fans. “My shivering voice is singing through a crack in the window, I’d better go it alone,” Beck murmurs. No need, Beck. We’re still here...
...upon returning from his African sojourn, Roosevelt found that his presidential legacy was unravelling. Taft failed to maintain the pace of reform that Roosevelt had set. Indecisive—and overweight—Taft lacked the firmness to be a strong leader and dreamed only of becoming Supreme Court chief justice (a dream that would be realized...
Alcohol is not sold to the outfield-dwellers, meaning that the typical Yankee bleacher creature arrives at his seat already completely smashed, having imbibed enough before the game to maintain his drunken stupor for at least three hours...
...adept at keeping my disease hidden, because I didn't want anyone to stop me. I was convinced that I was in control anyway and could stop tomorrow if I really wanted to. I was often tired, irritable, hostile and sick from this, but my willpower to maintain appearances was such that most of the time no one knew the true reasons behind...
...King’s assassination was not the work of a lone gunman, but instead a conspiracy by individuals who, to this day, remain unnamed. I imagine King was killed because his philosophical evolution combined with his international prominence made him too dangerous to those who would wish to maintain a brutal system of white privilege, imperialist exploitation, and unchecked capitalism. Those who conspired to murder him may never be uncovered or punished. However, we can see to it that we give King some justice by not sitting idly by as a more extensive and dangerous conspiracy to kill...