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...missing here. The-Dream doesn’t have Prince’s vocal chops, and “Fast Car” can’t match the feverish intensity of its predecessor. Not to mention the fact that “Corvette” was, plain and simple, well written. Prince created an emotionally real narrator; his babymakin’ music was frequently campy, but it never felt forced and was heartfelt even when it wasn’t profound. The-Dream’s loverman persona is as plastic as his production. Car/sex metaphors were tired even...
...these are not normal times for Republican Party satraps, who can be best described these days as dispirited, confused and just plain tired. Their presidential nominating race has less clarity today than it did a year ago, less even than it did three months ago. Polls point to the political equivalent of a total solar eclipse, with three different Republicans leading in three of the initial primary and caucus states: Mike Huckabee in Iowa, Mitt Romney in New Hampshire and Rudy Giuliani in Michigan. None of these men, at present, would beat Hillary Clinton in a general-election matchup...
...designed by Grace C. Laubacher ’09) consists chiefly of a few red flags, but when coupled with Jessica C. Flores’s immaculate lighting, the simplicity is usually striking. In contrast with the plain white and blacks of the costumes (designed by Lillian Ritchie ’08-’09), the bright red of the flags and the scarves used to represent blood is effectively dramatic...
...been widened. But there is no reasonable argument for taking military action off the table. If the Iranians refuse to negotiate seriously--their new negotiator says all previous negotiations are void and talks now return to square one--the military option needs to be on the table and in plain view...
...Cheney. Even when the President does get behind an initiative, as he did with the recent Annapolis conference to restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, there is an ad hoc, unprepared quality to the effort - a transparent, last-minute rush to cobble together a legacy. What the NIE makes plain is that diplomacy, combined with the threat of international sanctions, has much greater potential when applied to the Iranians than it has ever had in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. To be sure, dealing with the Iranians isn't easy. In 2000, President Bill Clinton tried to stage a handshake...