Word: patchworked
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Although Guero is a patchwork of “other” sounds, and never settles on one of its own, to call the album unoriginal is to miss the point. The album further refines Beck’s technique of appropriation-as-aesthetic, and the results are marvelous. Many of Beck’s lyrics deserve the title of poetry, bringing to mind T.S. Eliot’s adage that “immature poets imitate; mature poets steal...
...market of 450 million consumers, but when it comes to the service sector - which accounts for 70% of the European economy - life is anything but a bed of roses. More than a decade ago, the E.U. knocked down the major barriers impeding the free movement of goods, but a patchwork of local legislation and practices continues to hinder the movement of services. From accountants, lawyers and realtors to hairdressers, midwives and plumbers, those who try to offer services outside their home country risk being strangled by red tape...
...regular tax code automatically lifts tax brackets and increases deductions and exemptions each year to reflect the higher cost of living and rising wages over time. Not the AMT. There have been patchwork fixes, but without an inflation adjustment, more middle-class families fall prey each year as their income simply keeps pace with costs...
...arrangement. The movement is adept at staying on-side with Lebanese public opinion, complementing its military activity, directed largely against Israel for the past decade, with a massive welfare operation among the Shiite poor and by contesting parliamentary elections - Hizballah is currently the single largest party in Lebanon's patchwork parliament. Its share of parliamentary seats may even grow if the Syrians depart, since Hizballah advocates have long believed the Syrians actually cheated Nasrallah's movement out of a few seats in order to bolster the parliamentary presence of its own Shiite favorite, the Amal movement of Nabi Berri...
...went back now, Del Ponte might have a hard time believing that anybody did shoot. Not only has the Croatian city survived the bombardment, but it has been repaired so meticulously that the only visible reminder of those terrible months is a patchwork of bright orange tiles where faded roofing splintered by the shelling has been replaced. Residents have repainted their homes, filled the bullet holes in their walls and paved over craters in the streets. Walk down the Stradun, Dubrovnik's polished-limestone pedestrian thoroughfare lined with open-air cafs and designer shops, and you wouldn't know...