Word: short
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...blows on the duo continue and Wallach, in particular, can’t seem to get enough. Looking hopelessly pathetic, Wallach smiles through the punches, helplessly devoted to his vicious attacker. The viewer can’t help but be reminded throughout the video of the turbulent and short-lived romance between the long-haired Drummey and his boo, Peaches Geldof. While the song was written before the rise and fall of their relationship, which was all of about half a year, the video vixen and her actions seem symbolic of how the 19-year-old Geldof walked all over...
...You’re not the first person I ever tried to impress with my brilliant performance of not really being impressed with anything.” In “The First Person,” Ali Smith’s most recent anthology of short stories, she examines the link between her characters’ past and present, their imagination and reality. Wrapped in the familiar and seemingly plain events of day-to-day goings-on, Smith exposes deep insights into these aspects of the human experience. There are few fantastic or bold statements inside the stories...
...Pains of Being Pure At Heart: it demands ellipses, or at the very least, abbreviation. The Pains, TPOBPAH, perhaps PBPH, or, as their label Slumberland Records prefers, POBPAH. One verb short of a clause, it is arguably the most misguided decision in band-naming since the exclamation point in Panic! At the Disco. Thankfully, Kip, Kurt, Alex, and Peggy—who, in a seeming reversal on their word count policy, prefer to forego their surnames—are much better at making music than they were at christening themselves.On their self-titled debut album, they prove themselves...
...Grain” is vague and leaves the viewer wondering what became of those he felt he came to know so well. Though frustrating, this is emblematic of Kechiche’s storytelling power; the characters resonate with the viewer long after he has swum away. The short glimpse that is caught of these characters’ lives is retained, like the gash of a hook that leaves questions still burning. —Staff writer Anita B. Hofschneider can be reached at hofschn@fas.harvard.edu...
...Kettl, a political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania. The bill includes $59 billion to help unemployed workers and extends aid for their health insurance. Ninety billion dollars will go toward shoring up Medicaid, $19 billion is allocated for Obama's "down payment" on modernizing health-care records - short of the $25 billion he originally envisioned - and onetime payments of $250 will be made for senior citizens, disabled veterans and disabled workers...