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...People, in this case cricketers, taking wads of money when it's on offer is nothing new. But more than a few of the players who've signed up for the IPL have complained recently about being worn out by too much cricket. For now, IPL contracts stipulate that national duties will take precedence over the domestic tournament. But how long before some players, particularly those nearing the end of their careers, decide they'd be better off switching to the IPL or some other similar circus that could spring up before long? Already, the Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds...
With his latest mixtape, “Harlem’s American Gangster,” rapper Jim Jones attempts to present a depiction of Harlem street life as only a native of Harlem could do. Unfortunately, Jones fails, offering instead the conventional definition of gangsta rap that the naïve have come to accept and the knowledgeable have begun to ignore. Released on February 19th, “Harlem’s American Gangster” was not compiled as a bona fide album but as a mixtape in response to Brooklyn-born...
...thesis on far more practical things, like Heidegger’s girlfriend. My thesis will be done in a week, at which point I will return to railing against the evils of leggings. Until then, I’m no better than the rest of you, so instead I offer: THREE TIPS ON THESIS FASHION/SURVIVAL 1) Brush your hair. You don’t want to end up looking like Jodie Foster in “Nell.” 2) Crest White Strips. Coffee stains your teeth and ruins your mind. 3) Stop talking about your thesis with...
...after one finishes the book. When is it appropriate to bring race into a debate? Are prejudices so ingrained in our culture that no one is to blame? How can one ever know if racism’s to blame when racism still is never quite defined? Ford does offer a glimmer of hope that eventually, maybe one day, these questions will be answered. He does latch onto some specifics about how we can move past playing the race card. He does diagnose the problem of the race card: it hinders our progress in abolishing racism. And he does label...
...Soon after learning of the decision to transfer parts of HMI to Partners HealthCare, a major health-delivery organization, Crone stepped down and took a job offer from Huron Consulting Group...