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...roadblock in the form of the Judges. After defeating both the Engineers and Eagles handily by a score of 20-7, the final meet came down to the last three bouts. Tied 12-12, it was up to the foilists to put a previously sub-par team performance behind them with the all-important ‘W.’ But Brandeis took the first two in convincing fashion, solidifying a Judges victory. Although the Crimson won the final bout, it was for naught as the squad fell, 14-13. In its first team competition of the season...
Maurepas, King Louis XV’s minister, had been in power for 36 years when he was banished from Versailles for allegedly composing the lyrics of the highly suggestive new version of the song, entitled “Par vos façons nobles et franches...
...rendition occasionally gets a bit confusing - mostly due to its whirlwind of countless characters and lightning-quick changes of scene. But it does succeed in offering, in Farooqi's words, "a bridge between [Adventures] and the modern world." Non-Urdu-speaking readers can at last appreciate an epic "on par with anything in the Western canon." And, with luck, the classical pantheon populated by indomitable Achilles, cunning Odysseus and righteous King Arthur will now be joined by a new beloved hero: mercurial, mighty Amir Hamza, astride his winged-demon steed, soaring to the heavens...
...does this matter? There are two immediate reasons. The humanitarian crisis unfolding in Somalia is now on a par, in numbers and acuteness, with Darfur. The U.N. says 1.5 million people need assistance, of which a mere 60,000 are getting it. And Somalia is of significant strategic interest. Pirates based there regularly strike ships heading to and from the Suez Canal, and attacks have rocketed this year. The conflict in Somalia - which pits Ethiopian and T.F.G. troops against Somali rebels, backed by Eritrea - also has the potential to ignite a larger regional war that engulfs the Horn of Africa...
...kind of self-restraint; it’s just a condition of their artistic temperament, and it’s something we, as listeners, have to accept. “Rock N Roll” ultimately benefits from that quick-sketch approach and ends up being above par for Adams’ discography. It’s an incredible synthesis of nearly everything rock has produced (both good and bad) in the last 30 years. Adams tries so hard to be mediocre that “Rock N Roll” ends up amazing. Thank God it?...