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...Strummer), Allen, 23, appears to have embraced a slightly more serious view of what pop can be. Not that you can tell from the hooks. Produced by Greg Kurstin of the retro-pop duo the Bird and the Bee, the music robs every genre it can in the pursuit of anything that might stick in your ears. There's a klezmer-inspired accordion that morphs into a glossy Abba-worthy chorus on "Never Gonna Happen" and an intro that sounds like an electronic version of "Rawhide" on "Not Fair," all of which succeeds in creating enough of a melodic diversion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pictures of Lily | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

Professional athletes are paid to approach the physical limits of the human body, but it is the natural pursuit of excellence that spectators adore, not the artificial and chemically-induced performance that anabolic steroids and other drugs can produce. By fundamentally altering the body’s capabilities, steroids undermine the basic appeal of sport...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Error to the Third Baseman | 2/10/2009 | See Source »

...enough for the team to notch the win. The closest match of the day for the men was against Yale, where co-captain Kai Itameri-Kinter and junior Karl Harmenberg won two of their three bouts. The Harvard women’s team will travel to Providence, R.I. in pursuit of its third Ivy League championship, while the men’s team will look to improve its postseason record against Brown and Penn. —Staff writer Melissa Schellberg can be reached at mlschell@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Melissa Schellberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Garners Mixed Results in Postseason Play | 2/9/2009 | See Source »

...Received his undergraduate degree in political science from Boston University in 2003 and a master's in public affairs from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School. Suspended his pursuit of a J.D. at the Georgetown University Law Center to join Obama's campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joshua DuBois: Obama's Pastor-in-Chief | 2/6/2009 | See Source »

Senator Ben Nelson rushed off the elevator on the second floor of the U.S. Capitol and immediately 20 or so reporters took off in hot pursuit. "I'm late for the vote," Nelson called over his shoulder. "I'll come back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Ben Nelson Get a Bipartisan Stimulus Win? | 2/6/2009 | See Source »

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