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...track that sets “The Boy Who Knew Too Much” apart from “Life in Cartoon Motion.”The overall effect of Mika’s new album is a conflicting one. On the one hand, he is a master of getting listeners to sing along before they have even finished hearing a song; on the other, he subjects his audience to irritating gimmicks such as Backstreet Boys-esque echoing vocals in “Touches You,” a barbershop quartet...
...while, I slip a reference to my hobby into a conversation to see if anyone will bite, but people rarely do. It’s always refreshing when somebody does, though. My most reliable outlet for car talk until the beginning of this year was, amazingly enough, my House master, Jim McCarthy, who is as much of a gearhead as I am. The Christakises replaced the McCarthys this year, though, and though they’ve been great House masters, I’m going to miss the discussions over dinner of the latest modifications we’ve done...
...large painting hangs in Abdullah's drawing room. It is a variation on the traditional Persian theme of a Sufi master sitting on a rock, jesting with his loving disciples. In this canvas, though, the turbaned Sufi teacher is replaced by Masood and his disciples are several scruffy-looking guerrillas plus Abdullah, who stands out, neatly combed, with the hint of a halo. As a military man, Masood understood that in Afghanistan, political disputes are often settled by force. This is a lesson passed on to his disciple Abdullah and one, he says, that Karzai should learn, too. "Karzai blames...
...addition to exercising bad judgment after danger presents itself, the sisters of Theta Pi are entirely responsible for their own misfortune. They decide to play a ridiculous prank on an ex-boyfriend that seems almost doomed to end badly. The particulars are inconsequential, but suffice it to say their master plan involves fake roofies and a staged death. When their arrangements take a nasty turn, the sisters decide to dispose of the body in a well mere miles away. Naturally someone discovers their secret and embarks on a massacre during one long day of partying. Of course, this being...
...pulled ourselves up by our bootstraps and we feel very good about that," the Ford chairman added. "There are always competitive issues, but I like the fact that we are the master of our own destiny, and I like the fact that our products are getting rave reviews. I wouldn't trade places with either [GM or Chrysler]." (Read "A Brief History of the Model...