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...There are missteps, as on the lyrically bizarre “If,” but these occasional blemishes can’t mar the beauty of the album’s grander, more moving songs—ironically, those tracks most indebted to older music. For example, the slow-burning opener, “Swans (Life After Death),” follows the same sonic arc as Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” as a subdued introduction simmers to a major key climax before burning out in an extended, guitar-wanking, minor...
...Viswanathan is hardly the first to point out that such children exist. After David Brooks coined the term, former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 wrote his “Slow Down” letter as an attack on the same kind of thing. The popular press caught on almost as quickly, overworking the “College Admissions Game Getting Harder to Win” angle until phrases like “extracurricular activities” and “unweighted grade point average” became household terms...
...completing the fifth inning and earning his first collegiate win, which instead went to submarining reliever Jason Brown.Foushee consistently fired his fastball for first-pitch strikes, mixing in a diverse repertoire of breaking balls late in counts. Walsh conceded that the lefthander’s normal out pitch, a slow changeup, was not even at its best. Nevertheless, the time was right, according to Walsh, for Brown to replace Foushee in the fifth inning.But Walsh said that “my heart was saying, ‘Get Hampton one more inning...
...minute. If the current rate of ad sales continues, Clear Channel's Meyer estimates that the boards will produce revenue of $2.3 million in 12 months. Those seven displays in their static form generated $380,000 last year. "An ad medium that historically has been viewed as cumbersome and slow to react is now as flexible as broadcast," says Meyer. It's possible that, given the mobile lifestyle of today's consumers, billboards can reach more people more reliably than TV commercials. A survey released by the Association of National Advertisers and Forrester Research last month found that...
...victory.“Both teams came out fired up,” junior midfielder Evan Calvert said. Calvert once again paced Harvard on the afternoon, scoring twice and also notching an assist, to increase his team-leading point total to 26.“We were trying to slow the ball down a little bit, to keep possession,” he said of the team’s slowed offensive production later in the game. “We were just trying to keep our tempo to the game, and then they got a couple quick goals...