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...like the Fire Engines and Orange Juice. But their sound is their own, with a driving beat supplied by Thompson and bassist Bob Hardy. Kapranos' tense, observational lyrics - "Although my lover lives in a place that I can't live/ I find I like a life this lonely/ It rips and pierces me, I love the rip of nerves/ The rip that wakes me" - are augmented by occasional lines in German, the influence of Munich-raised guitarist Nick McCarthy. "You always get German bands singing in English," says McCarthy, "we just turn it round." He adds: "There's a great...
...protrude in every direction. On one two-page spread, a group of miniature playing cards arranged in an arch looks almost like sculpture. It may be best to keep the book away from the very young, who will probably be so enamored of it that they'll want to rip, crush or chew its fragile constructions...
...They’re not going to rip up the buildings now in the middle of the term so we can get the Discovery Channel...
...fact, the far more consequential--but perfectly legal--rip-off is the bevy of bloated fees that fund firms charge to manage your money. These range from loads (hefty commissions doled out to brokers or financial advisers for selling you a fund) to fees that cover advertising, marketing and distribution costs for the funds (known as 12b-1 fees). In Senate hearings earlier this month, New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer said inflated fees may be costing investors $10 billion a year...
...look "and reinforce its price and distribution," says Andy Palmer, account director at London-based ad agency St. Luke's. The company is trying to wean itself off the plaid; less than 15% of its wares now carry it. But will that stop thugs from buying counterfeit items that rip it off? A new floral print planned for next year might see to that. Think Twice Before Merging Five years after Daimler-Benz and Chrysler merged, the transatlantic deal is still under fire from investors. A U.S. court will this week begin hearing charges that the marriage was wrongly billed...