Word: properous
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...about 60 percent of the people who have RSVP’d for the event so far are newbies, Wang told us, and free coaching will be provided. “Guns can, of course, be very dangerous, but part of the sport is learning proper safety techniques, so being afraid of the equipment shouldn't be a reason for missing out on this wonderful sport,” he said...
...What would be the proper punishment for parents who used their child's safety as bait, then reeled us all in, calling the TV station even before the police? And how did they imagine this would end? They may have attended acting classes, but children have an acidic honesty that has a way of dissolving even the most artful adult deceptions. Storm chasers? They have no idea the gale forces coming their way. (Read a brief history of do-it-yourself ballooning...
...local chamber of commerce (some of whom snoozed in the tropical heat), there was no doubting the commander's sincere belief that the project would promote the Thai nation's cause in the south. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the complex, young Buddhist army officers earnestly gave lessons on proper fertilizer use to groups of veiled Muslim women, some of whom were completely covered but for their eyes. (The area of Malaysia bordering Thailand's Yala province is among the most conservative in that Southeast Asian nation, and the local Kelantan state government draws inspiration from Islamic Shari'a law.) In another...
...transition from grasping at their elusive live sound to crafting a full-fledged studio album. The differences from 2005’s “Hypermagic Mountain” are small but significant, taking the band beyond mere reproduction of a live show. The wider sonic range afforded by proper mic placement and high-end recording equipment gives bassist Brian Gibson’s densely layered effects a bit of breathing room, revealing a textural intricacy that is lost in live performance. On “The Sublime Freak”, Gibson’s feedback-soaked bass rattles...
...dense, menacing, and groove-oriented in a way that reminds the listener of the Talking Heads’ “Remain in Light,” an album whose individual tracks tend to be lost, or at least less potent, outside the framework of the album proper. In this way, “Embryonic” could be the paranoiac subconscious of any one of the passengers aboard ship of fools that was “The Soft Bulletin.” It remains an open question as to whether the choice not to produce with David Friedman?...