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...euphemism that doesn't even come close to conveying the violent spasms that take hold when the body reflexively tries to squeeze a baby through a narrow vaginal opening. The forces involved are such that when the baby's head emerges, it can do so with sufficient pressure to rip the mother's perineum and leave grind marks on pubic bone. In many ways, the act of giving birth resembles a medical emergency - in fact, if no medical intervention of any kind were made, up to 1 in 67 women would die in labor. Fear of birth pain is thus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Labor Market | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

...Face of Fashion.” Here,Cadence Weapon critiques mainstreamtrends with lyrics like, “I think we needto talk brother / I see you at the club / Youcut those jeans with a box cutter / thatain’t a natural rip or tear.” Later, he adds“I’d feel like an ad if my shirt said Diesel”and “I wear pink but ironically / Wave mybig fist at my friend androgyny.” CadenceWeapon proves himself to be a standoutvoice with a sharp sense of humor.With...

Author: By Katherine L. Miller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cadence Weapon | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...Tornado that hit Greensburg on May 4 took its time, rolling up Main Street like it was on a Sunday stroll to church. Ron Shank, owner of the Kansas town's General Motors dealership, hid with his wife beneath a quilt in their basement, but they heard the storm rip their home from its foundations. Marvin George, a pastor at the Baptist church, took shelter in his closet. "We just knelt and prayed," he says. "I wasn't scared until the next morning, when I saw the carnage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Greensburg | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...regulations and they’ll be less competitive in the world economy. Sure, he’s inspiring. But our troubled economy can’t afford the left-wing policies beneath the veneer. Senator Obama claims to be a fresh face in the political arena, but rip away the glamour and the glitz, and you’ll find he’s nothing more than a big-government liberal. Brian J. Bolduc ‘10, a Crimson editorial editor, is an economics concentrator in Winthrop House...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: No We Can’t! | 3/4/2008 | See Source »

...this ten-year-old material, producing a song that survives on Daft Punk’s merits alone. The sampling is so blatant that it’s easy to pretend you’re listening to the original track, which is the only good thing about this shameless rip-off. The album represents a well-executed effort with unabashedly low artistic goals and relies heavily on the myriad high-price producers floating around Island studios. There are two takeaway messages here. First: good production can keep any album from failing completely. More importantly, however, is the insight offered...

Author: By Mark A. Vanmiddlesworth, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Janet Jackson | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

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