Word: mellowing
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...Although not the strongest track on the album, “Where is Home” makes the cut with its chorus alone. Okereke’s falsetto is so haunting that returning to the verses is disappointing. The last several tracks on the album wind into a beautiful, mellow trance until the intense, Sigur Ros-like explosion near the end of final song “SXRT.” The outburst quickly fades, though, into eerily peaceful bells that float off like a wisp of smoke. Now the wait begins once more. Bloc Party has proven itself twice...
...been a typically mellow day at Manhattan's New School for Social Research for Bill Zanker, 26, who was cruising through a master's program in filmmaking. Then came a surprise phone summons from his father for lunch. When they met, Dad's message...
winezap.com Wondering what wine goes best with that new recipe you just found? Besides listing wines by region, type, price and rating, this online sommelier suggests food-and-wine pairings. In addition to obvious combinations, like a mellow Cabernet with a rare filet mignon, Winezap recommends unlikely matches, like Barolo with curried dishes. The full-bodied Italian red, it explains, will accentuate the heat of the dish rather than tone it down...
...paternalistic concern for people’s health and safety. I truly believe that everyone—but especially wound-up, self-important Harvard students—could benefit from getting high once in a while. While alcohol is boorish and mindless, marijuana is intellectually stimulating, relaxing, and mellow. Alcohol is fun because it makes us less aware of what’s going on, and thus less inhibited, while marijuana makes us hyper-alert, perceptive, and thoughtful. Alcohol is a fantastic social lubricant, but there is nothing particularly enlightening about it. Marijuana, on the other hand, allows...
AFTER BOTCHING A LANDING IN his first qualifying run at the Winter Olympics in Torino, Shaun White, a shaggy-haired, usually mellow snowboarder, nicknamed the "Flying Tomato" for his red mane, looked lost. "I got all Olympicky," he said of his nerves. He eased his mind with a few practice runs and nailed two 1080s--a 1080 is three complete rotations in the air--in the finals to earn gold...