Word: preciousness
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With a nod to Radiohead here and to Sunny Day Real Estate there, The Sheila Divine's nine-song set began and ended in sweetness. They started the evening with "The Amendment," a precious ballad that allowed Perrino a warm up before exploding into the kind of fervor needed for the later "Modern Log" and "Opportune Moment." Except for the ballad, the songs were similar in form; they began with a Belle and Sebastian like delicacy and built up to a passionate central moment that belied the simplicity of the band's instruments (drummer Shawn Sears plays only a bass...
...federal commission and even got a mention in Hillary Rodham Clinton's book It Takes a Village. But the biggest changes are back home. When he and his wife had their second child, in 1996, Kevin was granted a full 12 weeks of paid leave. "It's such a precious thing to hold that little life in your arms," he says. "And I lost that the first time...
...Episodes like this can force us into drawing precious artwork into secure locations where it no longer is available for that widespread enjoyment by our community," Hanson said, adding Harvard has a policy of displaying its art treasures where students and other members of the community can enjoy them...
Harvard (8-10-2, 3-9-2 ECAC) failed to play with the intensity and desperation of a team battling for its playoff life and tied Union (3-17-3, 1-10-2), 1-1, Friday night. The Crimson lost a chance to collect two precious points and settled for just one against a team with just a single ECAC victory...
...called Stardust is scheduled to take off for a January 2004 encounter with Comet Wild (pronounced Vilt) 2. With a tennis racquet-size collector, Stardust will snatch dust particles from the comet's tail as it flies by and then, in an audacious interplanetary maneuver, return to parachute its precious cargo to Earth two years later...