Word: semis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...teetotaling stems partly from the fact that I'm a Muslim. The general Muslim consensus when interpreting the Quran, Islam's scripture, is that drinking alcohol is what we semi-religious people call a "sin." Just as importantly though, I've never received a compelling answer to my question, "Why should I drink...
Part of the fun was our surprise at the serendipitous semi-formal. The ball had all the benefits without the worry about formal dress, dates or the kiss good night. The experience reminded us that having fun is all about kicking back and relaxing, something Harvard students do all too rarely...
...more specifically, what is the art known as ballet? Is it a classical art, practiced and refined for centuries, filled with carefully measured plies and set to the most classic of classical music? Is it a modern art, a dramatic outlet for expression, sprinkled with eclectic costumes and moving semi-rhythmically to sounds rather than music? Could it possibly be--gasp--a fusion of both? Should a performance like that be even labeled "ballet...
While these English alternoids have been acclaimed by the British press, one cannot overlook such egregious flaws on their first album as song intros that evoke modern-day classics like Oasis' "Wonder-wall." The semi-title track "Polythene Girl" and single "Cement" stand out as acceptable contributions to the category they generally get lumped in: poppy British space-rock. On the other hand, the rest of the album is just more fodder for the genre's growing scrap heap. Feeder, a threesome, seem to focus on song lyrics about drugs and problems with girlfriends, but hey, who doesn...
...what they said and did, men were still, as in the aftershock of a great wound, bemused and only semi-articulate, whether they were soldiers or scientists, or great statesmen, or the simplest of men. But in the dark depths of their minds and hearts, huge forms moved and silently arrayed themselves: Titans, arranging out of the chaos an age in which victory was already only the shout of a child in the street...