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...seem like H1N1 “swine” flu is taking over Harvard, as hand sanitizers pop up outside every elevator and more and more students are missing from section on account of their fever. As of last Friday, 200 Harvard students have gone to Harvard University Health Services with cases of influenza-like illness since the beginning of the semester, according to UHS Director David S. Rosenthal ’59. Last week, there were about 50 new cases...
...shallow form of “Twilight” and the more thoughtful effort, “True Blood,” which possesses some capacity to reasonably incorporate the character’s symbolic relevance to modern issues.In the competition for ultimate domination of the American pop culture sphere, only obnoxious shows about equally obnoxious rich brats from Manhattan can even come close to challenging the vampires. The question, then, is, “Why now?” How can vampires—certainly not a new creation—suddenly be so hot that they?...
...shape a strange topography; the result lies somewhere in between the new and the old and meshes the two in a vaguely discordant harmony. Islands’ predecessors, The Unicorns, released only one LP in their short lifespan: 2003’s critically-acclaimed work of uniquely sweet synth-pop, “Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?” The songs were expansive and luminous masterpieces, eschewing traditional chorus-verse patterns; instead they meshed phrases and instrumentals into confidently organic art. This technique was best exemplified on that album?...
...contrast that is engaging and effective. The album opens with two attention grabbing, upbeat tracks—also the album’s first two singles. On “We Are Golden,” Mika reinvigorates the stale theme of teen angst by pairing it with sugary pop beats, his signature falsetto, and a playfully defiant attitude expressed in lyrics such as “I live for glitter, not you.” With “Blame It on the Girls,” Mika delivers repeatable rhymes such as “he?...
...office numbers will tell you that Willis isn't in the star stratosphere. Since The Sixth Sense in 1999, Live Free or Die Hard is his only live-action vehicle to top $100 million domestic. In part that's because Willis makes the movies he wants to, alternating pop fare with offbeat comedies and art-house vehicles. He agreed to do The Sixth Sense only on the condition that Disney would bankroll a movie he really wanted to make, Alan Rudolph's version of Breakfast of Champions. One movie made $294 million, the other $178 thousand. You can guess which...