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...example, is a dismal low point. The song tries too hard to be this album’s “Filthy/Gorgeous,” with the band employing a beat similar to the previous hit’s and even giving vocalist Ana Matronic dialogue to moan out, just like last time. But without a catchy melody, it doesn’t come even close, sounding tossed-off instead of cohesive. The album’s biggest problem is simply that it’s not as fun as its predecessor. While the first album was sometimes dark...

Author: By Luis Urbina, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: CD Review: Scissor Sisters, "Ta-Dah" | 10/5/2006 | See Source »

...their own communities nor for the nation as a whole. Unlike, for instance, a judge from Suva, a Canberra auditor, a Nuka'alofa constable or a Wellington diplomat-all the quiet, efficient public servants from around the region who have volunteered to help a troubled neighbor. When local M.P.s moan that they don't get credit for the progress that has been achieved, senior RAMSI members hold their tongues. "It's hard to know whether to laugh or cry when you hear those complaints," says an Australian official. "There's a deep sense of frustration among the political class," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Small Men, Big Trouble | 9/25/2006 | See Source »

...cooking teacher, there's a more primal motive for choosing a homegrown variety over the "beautiful, flavorless, plastic" kind shipped from California: "When people bite into ripe strawberries from a local farmer and the sweet juice bursts into their mouths, their eyes roll back into their heads, and they moan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Local-Food Movement: The Lure of the 100-Mile Diet | 6/11/2006 | See Source »

...Traditionalists may still moan that cricket and cash mix about as well as crumpets and curry. But the game began its commercial revolution three decades ago when Australian media magnate Kerry Packer, who died last December, broke away from the sports establishment and signed 50 top players to his World Series Cricket. Packer's venture was short-lived, but his innovations?white balls, colored team strips, floodlights and high player salaries?stuck. Today, a second commercial upheaval is evident in the number of companies vying for a slice of cricket's growth on the subcontinent. Nimbus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crazy for Cricket | 3/5/2006 | See Source »

...Woman Who Loved To Make Vaginas Happy” was the highlight of the otherwise lackluster second act. A seductively-clad Julia C. W. Chan ’05 purred and strutted, making good use of the austere stage, demonstrating the joy of the sexual moan...

Author: By Melanie A Tortoroli, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Laughter, Tears Erupt From ‘Vagina’ | 2/27/2006 | See Source »

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