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...reinforce what is clear even in the album’s better moments: Vampire Weekend are not a “great” band. “Contra” is overall a decent album, and finds just the right balance of advancing and holding ground to prevent a sophomore slump. This pragmatism and the group’s talents have seen them achieve considerable success. Just don’t expect them to ascend to anything more remarkable...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vampire Weekend | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...sister was so furious, she barely spoke to me during my father's last years. Honest, I'm not a terrible person. So how did I get it so wrong? (See how to prevent illness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Elder Care Brings Back Sibling Tensions | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

Though only eight seconds had passed—and Crimson freshman guard Christian Webster would respond with a three of his own—the Crimson’s inability to defend the seven-foot Foote and prevent Cornell’s sharpshooters from getting open looks at the basket would haunt the road team until the final buzzer...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Big Man Foote Too Much For Crimson | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

...Would that prevent you from hiring from Harvard...

Author: By Charles A. Lacalle, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Kelly Cutrone | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

County officials, as well as the American Civil Liberties Union, hope the law will prod states and perhaps even the U.S. Congress to craft more-uniform laws to prevent the kind of residency-restriction arms race that Florida let local governments wage. "The safety of Floridians has suffered as local politicians have tried to one-up each other with policies that have resulted in colonies of homeless sex offenders left to roam our streets," says state senator Dave Aronberg, a Democrat running for state attorney general. The excessive rules, he adds, "have the effect of driving offenders underground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Law for the Sex Offenders Under a Miami Bridge | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

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