Word: regardless
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...puppies' caretakers sometimes appear at the edges of the shot with food and the occasional "Good boy!" or "Hey wiggles!") Maybe it's the depressing economy or the end of the electrifying election season that's left viewers looking for a little cuteness to offset a malaise, but regardless, these tiny puppies are completely captivating. It's like the car accident you can't turn away from, except a lot less morbid and more adorable...
...allow the narrative of one of our generation’s most talented economists to be dominated by a handful professional gaffes; the stakes are simply too high. The U.S. needs an individual of exceptional ability to serve as Secretary of the Treasury, and we fully trust that Obama, regardless of whom he ultimately nominates, will give each of the contenders for the post fair and comprehensive consideration. We hope that political observers, the media, and the American public do the same...
...that movies with recently departed stars are only well-received for this reason. “Dark Knight,” for example, is a film of such magnitude that it would have been a commercial and critical success with or without the death of Heath Ledger. Regardless of how well a film stands alone, the question is no longer just, “Is this a good movie?” but also, “Is this movie a fitting end to a career that ended too soon?” And the answer to the latter...
...where guitar riffs wedge themselves comfortably alongside chords reminiscent of video game themes, or techno dance beats give way to arpeggios produced by a hand wandering aimlessly over a piano. If nothing else, the Knux show that the form, texture, and feel of rap and hip-hop—regardless of what is being said or sung—can venture as far as the land of hipster and further, beyond what anyone thought profitable or even sensible. —Reviewer Jenny J. Lee can be reached at jhlee@fas.harvard.edu...
...Almustafa says. Gibran had allegedly toyed with the idea of writing a sequel to “The Prophet” in which Almustafa is rejected by his disciples upon his return and then stoned to death by his own people. A bleak end—regardless of the Christian connotations—that expresses Gibran’s own misgivings about his ability to reconcile two cultures. Although the time for reading snippets of “The Prophet” aloud amid clouds of marijuana smoke may be over, and though much literature from the overzealous...