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...curb state interference in the economy, particularly in the energy sector. But with Moscow tightening its grip on oil and natural gas, Illarionov was recently stripped of a key post with the G-8 and had his staff cut. Illarionov implies he had been under pressure to keep quiet. "I chose to resign instead," he tells TIME. His exit came as Moscow sparred with Ukraine over natural-gas prices. Illarionov told TIME last Saturday that he simply could not, as asked, take the role of a "propagandist" explaining Russia's position as a reflection of its claimed liberal economic policies...
...until now, Bose's Quiet Comfort 2 headphones have reigned in the land of noise cancellation. They're still king, but they're locked in an ivory tower, at the rarely discounted price of $300. Sony's MDR-NC50s do the job, and can be found for much much less than its $200 list price. A Froogle Search turns up pricing, from recognizable stores, as low as $125. (If you always hit the lowest bidder, no matter who it might be, you can get it cheaper still...
CLINTON He's got these three giant engines that were so quiet...
Only after their youngest child, Phoebe, turned 1 did Melinda begin to go public. "Bill and I both felt it was important that people know we're both behind the foundation," she says. And the more she traveled in the developing world, the harder it was to keep quiet. "I was very moved. I felt that I had a role to give some voice to the voiceless...
...Conor Oberst, a.k.a. Bright Eyes, is expert at turning his disenchantment into fuel. He's not wild about himself or his country at the moment. But instead of sounding desperate or polemical, the best of these quiet, well- observed songs do something far tougher--create a mood. Lua, about seduction and loneliness, feels like a shameful walk home on a winter morning, while Landlocked Blues starts as a breakup song and meanders its way into an antiwar ballad. The link, at least by Oberst's reckoning, is futility, and whether you agree with his politics or not, his emotions...