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...Take Kelefa Sanneh's piece in the March 31 New York Times, "New Ideas from the Top of the Charts." Sanneh makes the excellent observation that the tops of the Billboard charts are filled with music that blends different popular styles (No Doubt, Linkin Park), while rock's rebel fringe (The Strokes, The White Stripes) has gone retro, inspired by ancient garage rock and punk. Sanneh allows that in many cases the latter milieu cuts better albums. But the story also seems to equate the mix-and-match stylistic approach of the popular bands with innovation and originality...
...disappointed this season so far. Coming off a recent road swing in Florida. Cornell (13-9) did particularly well at the Rebel Games, wining six of their 10 games. This included a win against Dartmouth and loss to Columbia. Before this past week’s games, the team had hit 23 home runs in 20 games and already had two pitchers with six wins...
Although Sage gives the details of vicarage life frankly and without self-pity, the narrative is too concerned with shocking the reader. The extent to which Sage exaggerates the bitterness and squalor of the household is manipulative enough to make the reader rebel and doubt the authenticity of the representation...
...that American Graffiti feeling. Consider the Massey family of Birmingham, Ala. Brothers Mark and James, both fathers in their 30s, say they're happy cruising in their mid-priced Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyders. "At almost every red light," says Mark, "someone wants to race me." That rebel spirit is catchy. After their mother June--a 60-year-old nurse--took a spin, she bought a Spyder...
...ANGOLA Rebels Back Peace Senior members of the UNITA rebel movement endorsed ongoing cease-fire talks with the government, strengthening hopes of a political breakthrough to end the 27-year civil war. unita loyalists in the Angolan parliament approved negotiations led by the group's secretary-general in the eastern city of Leuna, and the group's representatives in Europe issued a supporting statement. The country's continuing insecurity was highlighted by a suspected rebel attack near the coastal city of Benguela that killed 15 people...