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...very long ago, we liked everything to be smooth and sleek and glossy. We liked glass coffee tables in our living rooms and black lacquered tiles in our bathrooms. Then suddenly everything changed. Fabrics became worn and soft. Leather became old and brown and distressed. Smooth was out, texture was in. What happened? It all started with two gay men and an English bulldog in a tiny town in North Carolina...
...similarly evoked muted trumpets and smooth saxophones with a jazz ensemble formed from the Harvard Monday Jazz band, creating a piercing breathy tonality that summoned legendary trumpeter Miles Davis on his composition “All Blues.” In these moments, McFerrin managed to supercede the novelty of his vocal texture and managed to shift the focus onto his mammoth musical mind. Fingering the microphone as if it were a stringed instrument, he made as much an homage to Davis’ improvisational ability as much as he did the legendary trumpeter’s trademark sound. Using...
...subjects of this story might have benefited from the constraints imposed by more traditional methods of communication. For Lillian, Michael, Adam, Ashley and Jane, Lewis’ hypothesis that the Internet encourages exploration of new identities holds true—though the process was not always smooth and the results were not always what they hoped for. For better or worse, the Internet allowed each of them to change their masks...
...quarter numbers from the last three months of 2001 - at least those that haven't delayed their reports to double-check the books - investors appear increasingly convinced not only that the shortest recession in recent memory was also one of the gentlest, but also that the sailing will be smooth all spring...
...With the merest twitch of his head, Bono can command the undivided attention of a sold-out stadium. But when he works a smaller room, his charisma acclimatizes itself; he turns smooth, dexterous. Late one night, during the forum in New York City, a dozen officials from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Episcopal Church, MTV and DATA (Debt, Aid, Trade for Africa) gathered for a strategy session in the back room of a Manhattan restaurant. The group was brainstorming on ways to convince Americans that saving Africa from financial ruin is in America's best interest. As is frequently...