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...Henley, Stevie Nicks and Lenny Kravitz (the original rock time traveler) lend vocals and classic chops to C'Mon, C'Mon, but the album doesn't lack veracity. Most tracks feel smothered by the lite discipline Crow imagines is required of an instant classic. Soak Up the Sun is another tribute to high spirits, but as with most of the record, good times and good lyrics prove incompatible. The line "It's not having what you want/It's wanting what you've got," belongs in a high school yearbook. Songs such as You're an Original...
...single place to get a cash advance on MasterCard?as I discovered to my embarrassment?which resulted in a last day spent in penury hiding in my hotel. The town is refreshingly free of things to do, apart from wander around, drink coffee and beer in caf?s, and soak up the ambiance. A dust-choked side trip to the gorgeous Kuangsi waterfalls or a jaunt down the river to the Pak Ou caves, which are crammed with ancient Buddha images, make up the extent of nearby attractions...
...Center for European Reform in London, "hate peacekeeping, and they're not very good at it." Many European armed forces, by contrast, are now structured with peacekeeping as their primary mission. In Bosnia, says Grant, American forces will not walk down a street unprotected, while British and French soldiers soak up information in cafes. Unsurprisingly, it is Europeans who shoulder the burden of keeping the peace in Kosovo, Bosnia and now Kabul. But suggest to European policymakers that their primary military role should be mopping up after the Americans have fought a war, and they throw a frightful...
...people spend $136,000 for a Harvard education? I’d say there are three answers. For some, Harvard is an incubation period in preparation for 110-hour work weeks at the world’s most prestigious financial institutions. For some it is an opportunity to soak the mind with both knowledge and approaches to understanding. If you are like me, it’s a glorified way to delay inevitable unemployment. The glory of Pass/Fail is that it appeals to all three groups. The future I-bankers can use it to maintain an artificially high...
...Center for European Reform in London, "hate peacekeeping, and they're not very good at it." Many European armed forces, by contrast, are now structured with peacekeeping as their primary mission. In Bosnia, says Grant, American forces will not walk down a street unprotected, while British and French soldiers soak up information in cafes. Unsurprisingly, it is Europeans who shoulder the burden of keeping the peace in Kosovo, Bosnia and now Kabul. But suggest to European policymakers that their primary military role should be mopping up after the Americans have fought a war, and they throw a frightful...