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...have you ever actually avoided doing the same thing twice because you "learned" from your mistake? People tend to make the same mistakes again and again. Bad experiences add to our lives, but not necessarily because we learn from them. It's just that it's simpler and more pleasant to think of them as "learning experiences" than to think of them as failures. And there you have it: someone else's conception of your own experiences, regardless of how useless it might be, has become the default...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Join the Circus, Type Dvorak and Go Free | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

Pondering what draws him to Sandy, Danny admits that he loves how she is "outgoing. She gives off a happy aura--she's just pleasant. Also, when she smiles it's like her whole body is smiling." Danny also explains that, most importantly, he thinks Sandy is a 'manhole,' a girl who is able to get along really well with guys because she has the personality of a guy." This is what he finds truly attractive. Suddenly realizing the sappiness of what he is saying, Danny says, "I'm gonna be kicked out of my room...

Author: By Jennifer Y. Hyman, | Title: You're the One That I Want | 11/12/1998 | See Source »

...pleasant to watch the Republicans in deep distress, but we can't be smug [about the elections]," he said...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dukakis Stresses Grassroots Politics | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

...trip-hop to the latest Natalie Imbruglia pop confection. What could Beck do to follow up his inspired, trendsetting hodgepodge? Judging from his modest Mutations, he slacked off, mellowed out and indulged himself rather than delivering another jolt of noise for the twenty-first century. The album is awfully pleasant, even affecting, with the rich twang of slideguitars, the whine of a harmonica and theoccasional exotic instrument imported to shakethings up a little. Beck is nearly as playful asever, but no song on Mutations has theremarkable freshness of Odelay. When a songmakes a musical allusion--like the sitar melody onthe...

Author: By Jared S. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Beck's Post-Success Stress | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

...Brattle Street is a simple straight-shot and offers a great tour of historic residential Cambridge. Rife with impressive architectural gems, the only bad thing about this pleasant route is the narrow sidewalk which is often impeded by pesky pedestrians (who let them walk here anyway...

Author: By Allie M. Fitzgerald, | Title: off the beaten path | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

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