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...experience, as the sound that emerged from her corpulence was quite the opposite of what she looks like. Boyle’s voice was youthful, absorbing, assured and remarkably feminine—not a set of qualities that could be ascribed to her appearance. It is this dichotomy in particular??notably the seamless transition between initial derision and the audience’s eventual, benevolent embracement of her—that has been the driving force behind Boyle’s recent popularity. It comes as no surprise then that the most willfully nasty among us?...
...fourth estate—and its newspaper wing in particular??is no priesthood of truth tellers. Scandals at the most venerable broadsheets are regular enough to set your clock by, and the printing of Friday night football scores in every hamlet across the land is in no guise the highest form of civic duty. The newspaper industry certainly was, however, one of the plumpest cash cows in the landscape of American business for numerous decades. As local newspapers survived on classified advertising, the economics of the industry invariably led to a monopoly paper emerging in literally every local...
...released their seventh album, “Strawberry Jam.” Delivering on the promise of their finest early work—2003’s “Here Comes the Indian” and 2004’s “Sung Tongs” in particular??“Strawberry Jam” was a masterpiece whose dense soundscapes alternately grinned and strained with near-violent anxiety. To date, that album is Animal Collective’s zenith.The band’s seventh album, “Merriweather Post Pavilion,” finds...
...throw a party at Harvard College. From the suspension of the party grant program to a ban on hard liquor at House stein clubs, College administrators have taken it upon themselves to standardize—or suffocate—social life at Harvard. But one new policy in particular??a rule that holds student group leaders responsible for those who become intoxicated at any point during their social events—has not only raised eyebrows across campus, but has actually created a system of perverse incentives that negatively impact student health. The recent announcement that this policy...
...categories in particular??Ethical Reasoning and The United States in the World—will encourage students to become more socially responsible...