Word: rk
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...more attention to its largest island. By the end of this summer, some 3,400 scientists from 60 countries were working on the landmass. Both German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had dropped by to see the melting glaciers for themselves. And singer Björk dedicated a song to Greenland (and the Faroe Islands) - "Declare Independence" - on her latest album...
...little monotonous, so Slacker, which launched in March, uses professional DJs to dream up constantly changing playlists that give you more variety while still adhering to your basic tastes. If you ask for Gwen Stefani, for example, you'll also get the Cars, Talking Heads and Björk in addition to more obvious matches such as Blondie and Madonna. And Last.fm, which is based in London, taps into the collective wisdom of its 20 million users worldwide. For example, if you like Beyoncé, and other Last.fm members who like Beyoncé also listen to Mary J. Blige, then the service will...
...with uniformed auto mechanics. Thus, Lesson One: surprise us. Music videos ought to have tricks. Songs are brief, and the audience should be riveted for all four minutes. Next, we see Wolf slouching along, creating weird body shapes with his limp form. On the other hand, adorable Björk charmed, unabashedly leaping about while wearing a dress like a lampshade. Lesson Two: hey there, rock star, kill your self-consciousness before it kills your charisma! Overall, Wolf’s video is badly timed, poorly conceived, and tiredly executed. Instead of Björk’s lighthearted jumping...
Akçam, whose book’s title—“A Shameful Act”—comes from a description of the alleged genocide by Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, cited a number of documents, many from the official Ottoman Archives, that he said explicitly described a systematic plan on the part of Turkey’s ruling party. One document stated, “What we are talking about is the elimination of the Armenians...
...Sebastian—I just thought they were a fortuitously named singer-songwriter duo. Whatevs. 4. “Silent Shout” by The Knife—They’re from Sweden, and they dress like birds sometimes, so I thought it would sound like Björk. They do not sound like Björk :( 5. “Hell Hath No Fury” by Clipse—Ever since the Women’s Center brought free pens and knitting to Canaday basement, I’ve started to reconsider my misguided post-feminism...