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...also an economic one. The Bristol fisheries bring in over $2 billion to the Alaskan economy annually - losing the bay even for a short time because of a spill would be "devastating," says Colburn. "We don't know the impacts on juveniles. We don't know the impacts on soft-shelled crab. To me, [oil exploration] is just such a near-sighted policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remembering the Lessons of the Exxon Valdez | 3/24/2009 | See Source »

...figured it out, now that I've seen John Hamburg's I Love You, Man, which is not an Apatow production (but observes all its rules) and in which Rudd finally gets a starring role. It's that Rudd is a handsome nebbish, a fellow programmed to be agreeable, soft, semi-cuddly, in a movie universe that not only doesn't value those qualities but sees them as failings. The actor has a furtive, slightly abashed niceness, the yearning of a square peg trying to fit into a cool hole. He knows what attitude he's supposed to display...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Love You, Man: A Final Bromance? | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

...safe, predictable work that obeys genre conventions without challenging them. “Grr…” always keeps the listener mildly engaged while making no real impact. This pattern is established on the first track, “Dimmer,” which opens with soft, driving bass and percussion before moving into a self-deprecating account of Rudder’s insecurities. All of it—the theme, the frail and vulnerable vocals, the clean production and the reliance on pop form—play to expectations. “I would pick the darkest...

Author: By Keshava D. Guha, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bishop Allen | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

...can’t wait to get home and wrap my arms ’round you” sounds especially uninteresting when compared with the strongest song on the LP, “Jetplane (Staying on a).” Beginning with a heavy beat but soft vocals in a content apathy, the piece develops a melody that tenses up with the introduction of electronic flares and static creeping into the background. The distortion of one key repeated phrase in the song and the eventual clumsy breakdown of the tune into silence lend it an incredible power of allegory...

Author: By Antonia M.R. Peacocke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wavves | 3/20/2009 | See Source »

...features a first-rate bar and restaurant. Service, which is never reliable in Russia, is as good as it gets in Moscow. Plus there's the spa, which is run by an English-speaking staff and seems to be permanently infused with the scent of jasmine and a soft, very hip soundtrack that will make you feel younger than you are - which would seem to be the whole point of all those treatments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where to Stay in Moscow | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

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