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...number of adventurous experimental groups, few of which can be described as safe choices.In the past, the event has been somewhat notorious for its wild acts. In 2003, a performance by one-man noise-rock group Kites took a turn for the bizarre when the artist took a razor to his own chest.Bechtold describes 2003’s event as “one of those things where people watch in fascination for a little, and then fascination turns to discomfort to disgust and then a bunch of people leave. It was awe-inspiring.”Nonetheless, RH director...

Author: By Jake G. Cohen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: RH Puts On Underground ‘Fest’ | 4/26/2006 | See Source »

...brilliant, it’s hard to deny the verbal dexterity that he brings to his major label releases—and his new release, “The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living,” is certainly no exception. Characterized, as ever, by moments of razor-sharp wit amidst a sea of mock-cockney diatribes and a blend of beats and influences that is sometimes too much to take, the new album does find Skinner in a new place, lyrically-speaking: the establishment. Having reached a new level of success after the release of his second...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Streets | 4/26/2006 | See Source »

During World War II, Rumsfeld attended school in five cities in four different regions of the U.S. By age 14, he had held 16 part-time jobs, delivering newspapers and selling magazines in Illinois; raising chickens, watermelons and cantaloupes in North Carolina; chopping wood, delivering ice and digging razor clams in the Pacific Northwest; gardening and doing odd jobs in California. After high school he wrestled at Princeton and pinned down a degree in political science. And after a three-year stint as a Navy pilot, he became an investment banker in Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pentagon Warlord | 4/14/2006 | See Source »

...Italian politics is built upon a never-ending supply of ironies. And so it was in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, with Berlusconi in a razor-tight battle for reelection against Romano Prodi, that his center-left opponents used their own familiarity with recent American political history-along with help from Berlusconi?s own TV network-to try to seal their victory, and send the billionaire packing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Berlusconi on the Brink | 4/11/2006 | See Source »

...court only had eight members, these razor-thin rulings would be a thing of the past. A 5-3 ruling might be more resounding—and potentially less divisive—than a single-vote margin. Alternately, a 4-4 tie would send the case back to lower courts—either to the states or the federal circuits...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel | Title: And Then There Were Eight | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

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