Word: roughnesses
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...loose. "One of our fears going in was, 'This is a live album; we can't use studio trickery!'" says Thompson. "But in the end, the songs with mistakes and flaws were the ones that touched us the most, and those are the ones we ended up using." The rough edges give this CD a fresh, honest feel...
...passion, but it was also clearly her salvation. She grew up poor, in public housing in Nottingham, in the north of England, with eight brothers and sisters, and was shuffled in and out of foster homes. She left school at 13, and though she refuses to talk about those rough days--"I don't want my future in acting to be about my past"--her chance to participate in an acting workshop from ages 11 to 16 was her big break into that future...
...sculpting process begins with a rectangular block of solid ice. The carvers sketch a rough outline onto the block with a black marker, and use a chainsaw to make a rough carving of the design. For details, they use finer hand-held chisels...
That's not surprising. The cost of prescription drugs has soared in recent years. By one estimate, drug prices have risen about 12.2% annually since 1993, and this at a time when total health-care costs are rising at a more manageable 5.1% rate. The hikes are particularly rough on the elderly, who--not surprisingly--spend three times as much on drugs as the rest of the population. What's more, insurance coverage for prescription drugs is a big problem for many seniors. Medicare doesn't cover prescription drugs unless they are associated with a hospital stay. True, about...
...victory. The play grew so ugly that in early 1885, the Faculty of Harvard College sent a letter ordering intercollegiate competition prohibited, limiting football to Harvard intramural competition until it was "possible to eliminate all objectionable features from the game." Fortunately for the future of intercollegiate football, though, the rough spots of competition were smoothed out--or, probably more accurately--accepted. The game went on the next year, with a single impartial referee--recent Yale graduate and American football pioneer Walter Camp...