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...their independence of spirit by listening to as different band from many of their peers as they can manage. This phenomenon exists in the US amongst those who enjoy name-checking monumentally obscure indie bands or unsigned underground rappers. Besides the reality glitch that was the Spice Girls, Britain seldom supports the monolithic popularity that, say, Eminem or Dave Matthews enjoys in the U.S. British artists endure by never getting too big, so that the armchair music fiends who judge the Mercury can nominate them with their consciences clear of the crime of supporting anything obvious or too populist...
...House of Blues was the last music venue in Harvard Square to host musicians of national and international standing. Central Square venues such as the Middle East and the larger clubs on Lansdowne Street in Boston seldom feature musicians from as far afield, or from as wide a range of musical styles as the House of Blues displayed in a single month...
...recognized the importance of low-cost AIDS drugs as a tool for fighting the global pandemic. Cheaper generic versions of brand name drugs make it possible to reduce the cost of treating AIDS patients from $12,000 per year to $300 per year. As Bush acknowledged, “seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many...
...administration's sudden concern to set the record straight. Because, as Vice President Dick Cheney put it on Sunday, "it's not surprising that people make that connection." Indeed, although the Bush administration never actually claimed that Saddam Hussein was directly involved in the 9/11 attacks, those attacks were seldom absent from the prewar speeches of administration officials making the case for an invasion. Critics of the administration maintain that the White House's own prewar rhetoric encouraged the misconception, and certainly did little to discourage it. Indeed, when he proclaimed victory over Saddam on May 1, President Bush said...
Like most people who have lived in the same place for a long time, New Yorkers believe they know their city pretty well. The blackout, however, allowed people to recognize in their prosaic settings a world they seldom see. The Queensboro Bridge did not actually change during the blackout, but I can promise you that it looks a lot different when you are crossing it on foot, along with thousands of other people. Along Fifty-Eighth Street, restaurant workers sat outside their eateries on chairs better suited for office work or dinner than for outdoor lounging. Firefighters sat outside their...