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...order to keep the pretensions light-footed. The garage strut of “Take The Bit Between Your Teeth” sounds like Jack White might if he were a girl, and went to art college. But Susman has some vocal chops entirely her own: the supersonic double punch she delivers on “On Parade” is neither screech nor wail, but somewhere between a radar ping and a rock ‘n roll yelp. In fact, for all its artsyness, the music is irrepressibly, slyly cool, from the sly strut that accompanies Mr. Sassoon...
...addition to his outside research, Pinker says sometimes inspiration flows from working with Harvard students. “At MIT, students are more likely to punch a clock, whereas at Harvard, students are more likely to be collaborators.” Although he is excited about his move down the river, Pinker argues that the Harvard bureaucrats often hinder his research efforts...
...claims were killed for being too inquisitive about missing disaster-relief funds granted to her village after a devastating hailstorm. In August 2002, Zhou says she walked into the civil-affairs sector of the Henan Provincial People's Court to deliver her petition, only to have a policeman punch her in the face. Months after lodging her complaint in Beijing, she finally got a written notice from the NPC petition office. Its advice? Zhou should send her grievance to the very same civil-affairs department where she says she was assaulted...
...match-up with Cornell, the Crimson will be forced to pick its poison, as the Big Red feature a couple of more-than-competent scorers in guard Ka’ron Barnes and swingman Cody Toppert. The two sharpshooters comprise Cornell’s potent 1-2 punch and currently rank first and second in Ivy scoring, respectively...
...Kels has more flavors than an ice cream truck. On “Fiesta remix,” he began his fruitful love affair with the Spanish guitar, which biographer Rob Marriott describes as “R’s equivalent to Muhammad Ali’s phantom punch, a light touch capable of knocking a body out.” But while fame and fortune have allowed him to jet set around the world, Kelly never lets go of his roots. A choirboy who started out singing on train platforms (which probably inspired such lyrical gems...