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Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich displayed a mellow and statesmanlike disposition during a speech last night for a packed crowd at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum...
Steve Cram, a slender and mellow police constable's son from the sooty British town of Jarrow on the Tyne, is one of those extraordinary competitors who seem to know just what they can do in the course of a given race. And then, in an elegant, almost preordained fashion, he simply goes out and does it. In the weeks before this summer's highly touted Dream Mile at Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Cram, 24, was clearly on a roll. On July 16 in Nice, France, he had smashed the world 1,500-meter mark by 1.10 sec. with...
...inspired resentment. Loving memoirs tend to rank second only to corporate histories of tool-and-die companies as the kind of book any reader can put down. In the face of this, Wilfrid Sheed, a witty, acerbic critic and novelist (Office Politics, Transatlantic Blues), has managed to compose a mellow family chronicle that turns literary and psychological tradition on its head. This is more than a memoir; it is an occasion...
...concluding piece, “Gemini,” ended the Dancers’ Viewpointe V on the note upon which it had begun. While a mellow reggae beat reminiscent of the “Banana Boat Song” played in the back, dancers in spring greens and lavenders truly embodied the earthy and simple funkiness that had characterized the laidback blending of the old and the new throughout the program...
...boil over as each tinny cymbal clang and distorted chord is added to the brew. The song is all twitchy, nervous-tic buildup; I’m searching here for a modern mainstream reference point, but coming up empty. This song, and those to follow, have a rich mellow ambience that no radio-friendly band has managed to emulate, but it’s notable that these tunes could fit comfortably in an iPod right alongside Norah Jones or Jack Johnson...