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...some idea of which strains we're protected against and which would tear our lungs out from the inside. The way I figure it, the odds of a weekend warrior like me getting gassed during my stay in a bio-hot spot - and expiring horribly while all my comrades rub their sore arms and cross themselves gratefully - are a hell of a lot longer than...
...must always be remembered, an acute political interest in historical misdeeds usually accompanies and fuels the rise of divisive, sectarian politics--one remembers Slobodan Milosevic boosting his power by exploiting the 600-year anniversary of a Serb defeat. Rather than looking to the past to gain wisdom, such approaches rub the public's wounds with the salt of past misdeeds, breeding mutual antagonism and hostility. While politics and race relations are thus contaminated, little progress can be made; cooperation to solve present problems is neglected in favor of zero-sum battles to exact compensation for yesterday's crimes...
...Milton Babbitt and Elliott Carter, they happily embrace traditional tonality, the harmonic language of most Western music, from Bach to rock. "I don't believe in the cliche that art has to reflect its times--that since we're living in a horrible age, our music has to rub your face in it," says Liebermann...
...unpleasantness with anybody." Instead she prefers to indulge her voracious interest in art and architecture. Traveling as a young mother with her two sons and a daughter, McCain tried to impart her love of art by taking her family on trips to Winterthur and the Hermitage. It didn't rub off on the Senator. "You have to really love churches," he says...
...every opening track on a boy band album--the whole "We've Got it Going On" thing. Another day, another boy band, you might think--until you hear the hilarious lyrics. The second song, "U + Me = Us (Calculus)" is their not-so-subtle "I Want It That Way" and "Rub One Out," well, is their token masturbation piece ("Rub one out and I grab my crotch/Rub one out/Do you wanna watch?"). Also included are "Say It (Don't Spray It)" ("I want the news/Not the weather") and techno and karaoke versions of "U+Me" and "Rub...